Morris

Pronunciation

From Moorish.

Full definition of morris

Noun

1. (weapons) A type of pike.
• 1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 49.:Another kind of pike called a morris, that is a Moorish pike, was much in fashion about the reigns of Henry VIII. and Elizabeth.

From Morris, the surname of its discoverer.

Noun

1. A marine fish with a very slender, flat, transparent body, now generally believed to be the young of the conger eel or some allied fish.