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murex
CIDE DICTIONARY
murex, prop. n. [L., the purple fish.].
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. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
murex, n. (pl. murices or murexes) any gastropod mollusc of the genus Murex, yielding a purple dye.
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