spiny murex

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• murex — [myoor′eks΄] n. pl. murices [myo͞o′ə sēz΄, myoor′ə sēz΄] or murexes [ModL < L, the purple fish < IE base * mus > MOUSE, Gr myax, sea mussel] any of a genus (Murex) of flesh eating snails, found in warm salt waters and having a rough,… …   English World dictionary

• murex — noun (plural murices or murexes) 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… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• murex — [ mjʊərɛks] noun (plural murices rɪsi:z or murexes) a predatory tropical marine mollusc with a spiny shell. [Genus Murex.] Origin C16: from L …   English new terms dictionary

• spiny lobster — Rock Rock, n. [OF. roke, F. roche; cf. Armor. roc h, and AS. rocc.] 1. A large concreted mass of stony material; a large fixed stone or crag. See {Stone}. [1913 Webster] Come one, come all! this rock shall fly From its firm base as soon as I. Sir …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Medicago murex — Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked): Eudicots …   Wikipedia

• purple dye murex — noun a species of medium sized predatory sea snail, , which secrets a substance that can be used to make a long lasting purple dye Tyrian purple. Syn: spiny dye murex …   Wiktionary

• Poirieria zelandica — Taxobox name = Poirieria zelandica image caption = status = regnum = Animalia phylum = Mollusca classis = Gastropoda ordo = Sorbeoconcha familia = Muricidae genus = Poirieria species = P. zelandica binomial = Poirieria zelandica binomial… …   Wikipedia

• Bolinus brandaris — Different views of a shell of Bolinus brandaris …   Wikipedia

• Haustellum brandaris — Taxobox name = Haustellum brandaris image caption = Two shells of the spiny dye murex regnum = Animalia phylum = Mollusca classis = Gastropoda subclassis = Orthogastropoda ordo = Sorbeoconcha familia = Muricidae genus = Haustellum species = H.… …   Wikipedia

• Tyrian purple — (Greek: polytonic|πορφύρα, porphyra , Latin: purpura ), also known as royal purple, imperial purple or imperial dye, is a purple red dye which was first produced by the ancient Phoenicians in the city of Tyre.Tyrian purple was expensive: the… …   Wikipedia

• Natural dye — Skeins of wool colored with natural plant dyes. Natural dyes are dyes or colorants derived from plants, invertebrates, or minerals. The majority of natural dyes are vegetable dyes from plant sources – roots, berries, bark, leaves, and …   Wikipedia