purpuraceanadj. and n.Zoologyrare(a) adj. = sense 2;(b) n. a gastropod mollusc of the former family Purpuracea.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
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1890 Cent. Dict.Purpuracean, a., same as purpuraceous; n., a member of the Purpuracea.