murex

[ myoor-eks ]

/ ˈmyʊər ɛks /

noun, plural mu·ri·ces [myoor-uh-seez], /ˈmyʊər əˌsiz/, mu·rex·es.

any marine gastropod of the genus Murex, common in tropical seas, certain species of which yield the royal purple dye valued by the ancients.

a shell used as a trumpet, as in representations of Tritons in art.

purplish red.

Origin of murex

1580–90; <New Latin, Latin mūrex the shellfish that yielded Tyrian purple dye

Words nearby murex

Murdoch, murdrum, mure, murein, Mures, murex, murexide, murexide test, Murfreesboro, murgeon, Murghob

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Example sentences from the Web for murex

We find this in the case of a kind of snail (Murex brandaris).
Schenk's Theory: The Determination of Sex|Samuel Leopold Schenk
But murex or no murex, Purple was discovered by my ancestors.
The Book of Khalid|Ameen Rihani
They belong, mainly, to the two allied families of the Murex and the Buccinum or Purpura.
History of Phoenicia|George Rawlinson
Purple, cloth dyed with a purple dye made from the murex, a shell-fish found in the Mediterranean.
The Story of Sigurd the Volsung|William Morris

He says that Tarentine muslins, woven from the filaments of the pinna dipped in the dye of the murex, rivalled those of Cos.
Needlework As Art|Marian Alford

British Dictionary definitions for murex

murex

/ (ˈmjʊərɛks) /

noun plural murices (ˈmjʊərɪˌsiːz)

any of various spiny-shelled marine gastropods of the genus Murex and related genera: formerly used as a source of the dye Tyrian purple

Word Origin for murex

C16: from Latin mūrex purple fish; related to Greek muax sea mussel

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

单词	murex
释义	murex [ myoor-eks ] / ˈmyʊər ɛks / noun, plural mu·ri·ces [myoor-uh-seez], /ˈmyʊər əˌsiz/, mu·rex·es. any marine gastropod of the genus Murex, common in tropical seas, certain species of which yield the royal purple dye valued by the ancients. a shell used as a trumpet, as in representations of Tritons in art. purplish red. Origin of murex 1580–90; <New Latin, Latin mūrex the shellfish that yielded Tyrian purple dye Words nearby murex Murdoch, murdrum, mure, murein, Mures, murex, murexide, murexide test, Murfreesboro, murgeon, Murghob Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for murex We find this in the case of a kind of snail (Murex brandaris). Schenk's Theory: The Determination of Sex\|Samuel Leopold Schenk But murex or no murex, Purple was discovered by my ancestors. The Book of Khalid\|Ameen Rihani They belong, mainly, to the two allied families of the Murex and the Buccinum or Purpura. History of Phoenicia\|George Rawlinson Purple, cloth dyed with a purple dye made from the murex, a shell-fish found in the Mediterranean. The Story of Sigurd the Volsung\|William Morris He says that Tarentine muslins, woven from the filaments of the pinna dipped in the dye of the murex, rivalled those of Cos. Needlework As Art\|Marian Alford British Dictionary definitions for murex murex / (ˈmjʊərɛks) / noun plural murices (ˈmjʊərɪˌsiːz) any of various spiny-shelled marine gastropods of the genus Murex and related genera: formerly used as a source of the dye Tyrian purple Word Origin for murex C16: from Latin mūrex purple fish; related to Greek muax sea mussel Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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