'Murex' definitions:

Definition of 'Murex'

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  • Murex \Mu"rex\, prop. n.; pl. Murices. [L., the purple fish.] (Zool.) A genus of marine gastropods, having rough, and frequently spinose, shells, which are often highly colored inside; the rock shells. They abound in tropical seas. [1913 Webster]

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