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Definition of: murex
(my
r′eks) noun plural mu·ri·ces (myr′ə·sēz) or ·rex·es
A rough-shelled marine gastropod (genus Murex) of warm seas, especially M. trunculus and M. brandaris, from whose large mucus gland a purple dye was obtained in ancient times. [<L, purple fish]
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