muraenidae

English Thesaurus

1. marine eels (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	fish family,
definition	:	any of various families of fish (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	moray, moray eel,
definition	:	family of brightly colored voracious eels of warm coastal waters; generally nonaggressive to humans but larger species are dangerous if provoked (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	anguilliformes, order anguilliformes, order apodes,
definition	:	elongate fishes with pelvic fins and girdle absent or reduced (noun.animal)