- murexes
- 'mjʊreks /'mjʊər- n. any gastropod of the genus Murex (located in tropical seas); type of shell which is used as a trumpet; purplish red color
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
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murex — noun (plural murices or murexes) Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, mollusk yielding a purple dye; akin to Greek myak , myax mussel Date: 1589 any of a genus (Murex of the family Muricidae) of marine gastropod mollusks having a rough and often… … New Collegiate Dictionary
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murex — [ mjʊərɛks] noun (plural murices rɪsi:z or murexes) a predatory tropical marine mollusc with a spiny shell. [Genus Murex.] Origin C16: from L … English new terms dictionary
murex — /ˈmjurɛks / (say myoohreks) noun (plural murices /ˈmjurəsiz / (say myoohruhseez) or murexes) 1. any of the marine gastropods, common in tropical seas, constituting the genus Murex or the family Muricidae, certain species of which yielded the… …
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