MURICATE


Meaning of MURICATE in English

/myoor"i kayt'/ , adj. Bot., Zool.

covered with short, sharp points.

Also, muricated .

[ 1655-65; muricatus like a murex, equiv. to muric- (s. of murex ) MUREX + -atus -ATE 1 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .