Common name | Unicolor snake moray |
Language | English |
Type | Vernacular |
Official trade name | No |
Rank | 2 - (Preferred common name (unique)) |
Country | Guam |
Locality | |
Ref. | Myers, R.F., 1991 |
Life stage | juveniles and adults |
Sex | females and males |
Core | primary lexeme |
1st modifier | non-fish animal |
2nd modifier | color pattern(s) |
Remarks | 'snake' like 'serpent' and 'snail' is etymologically the 'crawling' animal, from a prehistoric German base denoting 'crawl' (p. 485 in Ref. 11979); 'moray' from Latin 'muraena' and Greek 'myraina', i.e., a fish of which the ancients were very fond. |