Murex - English meaning
Murex – definitions in English dictionary
nounA predatory tropical marine mollusc, the shell of which bears spines and forms a long, narrow canal extending downwards from the aperture.
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Word origin
late 16th century: from Latin; perhaps related to Greek muax ‘sea mussel’.
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