noun (plural murices or ~es) 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 spiny shell, abounding in tropical seas, and yielding a purple dye
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Meaning of MUREX in English
Merriam Webster. Explanatory English dictionary Merriam Webster. Толковый словарь английского языка Мерриам-Уэбстер. 2012