purple-fish
/ˈpəːplˌfɪʃ/Now historical
noun
Any of various gastropod molluscs which historically yielded the dye Tyrian purple.
Origin
Late 16th century; earliest use found in Richard Percyvall (c1558–1620), administrator and lexicographer. From purple + fish.
- printing office
- printing out
- printing out paper
- printing paper
- printing plate
- printing press
- printing shop
- printing telegraph
- printing union
- printing wheel
- print job
- printless
- print letters
- printmaker
- printmaking
- print media
- print-on-demand
- print order
- printout
- print-out paper
- print paper
- print preview
- print queue
- print-room
- print run