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Definition of Murex
1. n. A genus of marine gastropods, having rough, and frequently spinose, shells, which are often highly colored inside; the rock shells. They abound in tropical seas.
Definition of Murex
1. a marine mollusk [n -RICES or -REXES]
Medical Definition of Murex
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Origin: L, the purple fish.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Murex
Literary usage of Murex
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of Art in Phœnicia and Its Dependencies by Georges Perrot, Charles Chipiez (1885)
"Each murex furnished a very small quantity of the colouring matter, and the
Phoenician dyeworks must have used millions every year. ..."
2. The Mineral Conchology of Great Britain: Or Coloured Figures and by James Sowerby (1825)
"1 HE length of this murex is about twice its width ; the costs are ... The recent
murex Peruvianus of the Encyclopédie Méthodique (murex Magellanicus b. ..."
3. The Natural History of British Shells,: Including Figures and Descriptions ...by Edward Donovan by Edward Donovan (1803)
"Li/tn. Fn. Suée. 2165. PLATE CXIX. murex ANTIQUUS, read murex DUPLICATUS.
TUBERCULATED murex. Dele reference to Linn. Fn. Suec. et Gmel. Syst. ..."
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