a bivalve mollusc belonging to the family Veneridæ or related species; a venus, murex, or cowry.
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| 释义 | the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Gastropoda > [noun] > superorder Branchifera > order Prosobranchiata > section Siphonostomata > family Muricidae > member or parts of genus Murex (4) Venus-shell1589 a bivalve mollusc belonging to the family Veneridæ or related species; a venus, murex, or cowry. burret1601 Used to render Latin murex, a kind of shellfish yielding a dye. porphyry-shell1753 any of various gastropods of the genus Murex, esp. one from which the dye Tyrian purple was formerly obtained; cf. purpura, n. 1. vulva1802 Conchology. In the shell of certain bivalve molluscs: an elliptical depression located behind the umbo; = escutcheon, n. 3f. Obsolete. |
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