Murena (old form Muraena), ae, f., = μύραινα.
I The murena , a fish of which the ancients were very fond, Plin. 9, 55, 81, § 171: muraenam exdorsua, Plaut. Aul. 2, 9, 2; id. Pers. 1, 3, 30; Juv. 5, 99.—
II Transf., a black stripe in the shape of this fish, a black vein in the table-tops of citron-wood , Plin. 13, 15, 30, § 98.