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单词 murex
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
mu•rex  (myŏŏr′eks),USA pronunciation n., pl. mu•ri•ces (myŏŏr′ə sēz′),USA pronunciation mu•rex•es. 
  1. Invertebratesany marine gastropod of the genus Murex, common in tropical seas, certain species of which yield the royal purple dye valued by the ancients.
  2. a shell used as a trumpet, as in representations of Tritons in art.
  3. purplish red.
  • Neo-Latin, Latin mūrex the shellfish that yielded Tyrian purple dye
  • 1580–90

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
murex /ˈmjʊərɛks/ n ( pl murices /ˈmjʊərɪˌsiːz/)
  1. any of various spiny-shelled marine gastropods of the genus Murex and related genera: formerly used as a source of the dye Tyrian purple
Etymology: 16th Century: from Latin mūrex purple fish; related to Greek muax sea mussel
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