Meaning Of The Word Murex
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Murex Meaning
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What's The Definition Of Murex?
murex in American English
any of a genus (Murex) of flesh-eating snails, found in warm salt waters and having a rough, spiny shell: some species yield a purple substance formerly valued as a dye noun: any marine gastropod of the genus Murex, common in tropical seas, certain species of which yield the royal purple dye valued by the ancients murex in British English noun: any of various spiny-shelled marine gastropods of the genus Murex and related genera: formerly used as a source of the dye Tyrian purple |
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