"murex" meaning in English

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Noun

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: 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)
    Sense id: en-murex-en-noun-G17j1vSl Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 35 42 4 4 12 1 1 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 32 39 5 5 17 1 1 0

Inflected forms

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