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单词 murex
释义 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 representations of Tritons in art.
  3. purplish red.
 [1580-90; < NL, L murex the shellfish that yielded Tyrian purple dye]
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