A gastropod mollusc which yielded the dye Tyrian purple; = purple, n. 5. Obsolete. rare.
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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 Thaididae > member of genus Purpura (purple) (4) purpure?a1425 A gastropod mollusc which yielded the dye Tyrian purple; = purple, n. 5. Obsolete. rare. purple1580 Any of several Mediterranean gastropod molluscs of the families Muricidae and Thaididae which yielded the dye Tyrian purple (cf. sense B. 4)… purple-fish1591 Any of various gastropod molluscs which historically yielded the dye Tyrian purple. Cf. purple, n. 5. purple whelk1681 any of several dog whelks of the genus Nucella (or Thais); cf. sense B. 5. |
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