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a species of medium-sized predatory sea snail, , which secrets a substance that can be used to make a long-lasting purple dye- Tyrian purple.Syn: spiny dye murex
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Purple — Pur ple, n.; pl. {Purples}. [OE. purpre, pourpre, OF. purpre, porpre, pourpre, F. pourpre, L. purpura purple fish, purple dye, fr. Gr. ? the purple fish, a shell from the purple dye was obtained, purple dye; cf. ? dark (said of the sea), purple,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Purple of Cassius — Purple Pur ple, n.; pl. {Purples}. [OE. purpre, pourpre, OF. purpre, porpre, pourpre, F. pourpre, L. purpura purple fish, purple dye, fr. Gr. ? the purple fish, a shell from the purple dye was obtained, purple dye; cf. ? dark (said of the sea),… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Purple of mollusca — Purple Pur ple, n.; pl. {Purples}. [OE. purpre, pourpre, OF. purpre, porpre, pourpre, F. pourpre, L. purpura purple fish, purple dye, fr. Gr. ? the purple fish, a shell from the purple dye was obtained, purple dye; cf. ? dark (said of the sea),… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
murex — (n.) kind of shellfish which yields a purple dye, 1580s, from L. murex (pl. murices) purple fish, purple dye, probably cognate with Gk. myax sea mussel, of unknown origin, perhaps related to mys mouse (see MUSCLE (Cf. muscle) (n.) and mussel) … Etymology dictionary
purple — O.E. purpul, dissimilation (first recorded in Northumbrian, in Lindisfarne gospel) from purpure purple garment, purpuren purple, from L. purpura purple dyed cloak, purple dye, also shellfish from which purple was made, from Gk. porphyra (Cf. e… … Etymology dictionary
murex — /myoor eks/, n., pl. murices /myoor euh seez /, murexes. 1. any 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… … Universalium
Purple — This article is about the color. For other uses, see Purple (disambiguation). Purple … Wikipedia
murex — mu•rex [[t]ˈmyʊər ɛks[/t]] n. pl. mu•ri•ces [[t]ˈmyʊər əˌsiz[/t]] mu•rex•es ivt any marine gastropod of the genus Murex, common in tropical seas, certain species of which yield a royal purple dye valued by the ancients • Etymology: 1580–90; <… … From formal English to slang
murex — noun (plural murices or murexes) Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, mollusk yielding a purple dye; akin to Greek myak , myax mussel Date: 1589 any of a genus (Murex of the family Muricidae) of marine gastropod mollusks having a rough and often… … New Collegiate Dictionary
murex — /ˈmjurɛks / (say myoohreks) noun (plural murices /ˈmjurəsiz / (say myoohruhseez) or murexes) 1. any of the marine gastropods, common in tropical seas, constituting the genus Murex or the family Muricidae, certain species of which yielded the… …
