Common name | Leopard moray eel |
Language | English |
Type | Vernacular |
Official trade name | No |
Rank | 3 - (Other common name) |
Country | Hawaii |
Locality | |
Ref. | Tinker, S.W., 1978 |
Life stage | juveniles and adults |
Sex | females and males |
Core | primary lexeme |
1st modifier | other fish |
2nd modifier | non-fish animal |
Remarks | 'eel' from Middle English, 'ele', from Old English 'ael' and akin to Old High German, 'ãl' (Ref. 11978); 'moray' from Latin 'muraena' and Greek 'myraina', i.e., a fish of which the ancients were very fond; 'leopard', from Middle English from Old French 'leupart' from Latin 'leopardus' from Greek 'leopardos', from 'leon', i.e., lion and 'pardos' (p. 684, Ref. 11978). |