| 单词 | murex shell |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmurex shell 1. Any of various predatory gastropod molluscs of the genus Murex or the family Muricidae, found in tropical and temperate seas, which are distinguished by spiny shells and from some of which the crimson dye called Tyrian purple was formerly obtained (also murex shell). Also (in form Murex): the genus itself. Cf. purple adj. 3.Valid publication of the genus name: Linnaeus Systema Naturæ (ed. 10, 1758) I. 746. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Gastropoda > [noun] > superorder Branchifera > order Prosobranchiata > section Siphonostomata > family Muricidae > member of murrey1579 murex1589 dog whelk1823 dogwinkle1856 marine borer1874 oyster drill1877 drill1886 1577 T. Kendall tr. Politianus et al. Flowers of Epigrammes f. 23 A shelfishe, in Latine Murex.] 1589 R. Greene Ciceronis Amor 30 [Will] no colour content your eye but such as is stayned by the fish Murex. 1608 B. Jonson Masque of Blacknesse in Characters Two Royall Masques sig. A4 All hauing their lights burning out of whelks, or murex shells. 1699 M. Lister Journey to Paris (new ed.) 74 There were but few Shells; but amongst them there was a Murex which dies purple. 1757 J. Dyer Fleece ii. 77 He beheld The wounded murex strike a purple stain. 1851 S. P. Woodward Man. Mollusca i. 106 The murices appear to form only one-third of a whirl annually. 1889 W. Westgarth Austral. Progress 316 Spinous murexes went in basketfuls for a shilling. 1934 H. Hiler Notes Technique Painting ii. 135 Purpurium was prepared from jeweller's chalk dyed with Tyrian purple, obtained from the murex, a little shellfish. 1971 S. P. Dance Seashells 24 Shells of some species of Latiaxis and Murex are covered in sculpture. 1994 Trav. & Leisure Dec. 78 This..beach near St. Augustine is noted for its many intact shells, among them..giant Atlantic murexes. < as lemmas |
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