"murex" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈmjʊɚ.ɛks/ [US] Forms: murexes [plural], murices [plural]
Etymology: From Latin murex. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|murex}} Latin murex Head templates: {{en-noun|+|murices}} murex (plural murexes or murices)
  1. Any of the genus Murex of marine gastropods. Wikipedia link: murex Categories (lifeform): Neogastropods Hypernyms: muricine Hyponyms: false venus comb, woodcock murex Derived forms: caltrop murex (taxonomic: Murex tribulus), purple dye murex (alt: Haustellum brandaris), spiny murex (alt: Haustellum brandaris) Translations (sea snail of the genus Murex): ostranka [feminine] (Czech), ミューレックス (myūrekkusu) (Japanese), 骨貝 (honegai) (alt: ほねがい) (Japanese)

Noun [French]

Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Lyokoï-murex.wav Forms: murex [plural]
Etymology: From Latin. Etymology templates: {{uder|fr|la|-}} Latin Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} murex m (plural murex)
  1. Murex Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-murex-fr-noun-GFq4qC5~ Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French undefined derivations

Noun [Latin]

IPA: /ˈmuː.reks/ [Classical], [ˈmuːrɛks̠] [Classical], /ˈmu.reks/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈmuːreks] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Uncertain. Perhaps a derivative of mūs (“mouse”), whence mūsculus (“a saltwater mussel”). Alternatively, together with Ancient Greek μύαξ (múax, “sea mussel”) borrowed from a Mediterranean substrate language. Etymology templates: {{unc|la}} Uncertain, {{m|la|mūs|t=mouse}} mūs (“mouse”), {{m|la|mūsculus|t=a saltwater mussel}} mūsculus (“a saltwater mussel”), {{cog|grc|μύαξ||sea mussel}} Ancient Greek μύαξ (múax, “sea mussel”), {{bor|la|qfa-sub}} substrate Head templates: {{la-noun|mūrex<3>|g=m}} mūrex m (genitive mūricis); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|mūrex<3>}} Forms: mūrex [canonical, masculine], mūricis [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], mūrex [nominative, singular], mūricēs [nominative, plural], mūricis [genitive, singular], mūricum [genitive, plural], mūricī [dative, singular], mūricibus [dative, plural], mūricem [accusative, singular], mūricēs [accusative, plural], mūrice [ablative, singular], mūricibus [ablative, plural], mūrex [singular, vocative], mūricēs [plural, vocative]
  1. A shellfish used as a source of the dye Tyrian purple; the purple-fish Tags: declension-3
    Sense id: en-murex-la-noun-0j~N5g4p
  2. Tyrian purple, the purple dye, a purple color, made from the juice of the purple-fish Tags: declension-3
    Sense id: en-murex-la-noun-OTqwQ7V5 Categories (other): Latin masculine nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the third declension: 23 33 14 13 9 8
  3. A sharp murex shell used as a bridle bit. Tags: declension-3 Categories (lifeform): Gastropods, Horse tack
    Sense id: en-murex-la-noun-uj9lBobf Disambiguation of Gastropods: 20 18 44 4 10 3 Disambiguation of Horse tack: 24 25 33 6 11 2 Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 20 19 51 3 6 1 Disambiguation of Latin entries with topic categories using raw markup: 26 23 36 4 10 1
  4. A pointed rock or stone. Tags: declension-3
    Sense id: en-murex-la-noun-SA2L6u6m
  5. A caltrop. Tags: declension-3
    Sense id: en-murex-la-noun-QMpPv3d8
  6. An iron spike. Tags: declension-3
    Sense id: en-murex-la-noun-aGUFLjnD
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: mūricātus, mūriculus, mūriculātus

Inflected forms

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        "Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa",
        "Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
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      "word": "骨貝"
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          "english": "He had put on his mantle, twice dyed with Tyrian purple.",
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          "text": "induerat Tyriō bis tīnctam mūrice pallam"
        }
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        "A pointed rock or stone."
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          "rock"
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          "stone"
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        "declension-3"
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        "A caltrop."
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          "caltrop"
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      "glosses": [
        "An iron spike."
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          "iron"
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          "spike"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmuː.reks/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
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    },
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      "ipa": "[ˈmuːrɛks̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmu.reks/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
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      "ipa": "[ˈmuːreks]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
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    "fr:Jacques André"
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}

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