See murex on Wiktionary
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"text": "De fait, les agropasteurs néolithiques et leurs devanciers mésolithiques ont en commun de n’avoir rapporté puis consommé sur la colline que des coquillages : des patelles, des bigorneaux, des coques, des murex, etc., chaque groupe ayant une préférence pour un type de mollusque marin, alors même que leur environnement ne cesse d’évoluer."
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"Apparenté à mus, muris (« souris ») :",
"Pour le sens, voir musculus (« moule, coquillage bivalve, muscle »).",
"Pour la construction, voir mur-inus (« de souris »), mur-icus (« souriceau »)."
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114
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49,
54
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"text": "Si Byblos est le pays du cèdre, Tyr est celui du murex, le coquillage qu’on récoltait et broyait pour obtenir la teinture rouge, la fameuse pourpre qui était un des éléments de la renommée des Phéniciens."
},
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204,
209
]
],
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"text": "De fait, les agropasteurs néolithiques et leurs devanciers mésolithiques ont en commun de n’avoir rapporté puis consommé sur la colline que des coquillages : des patelles, des bigorneaux, des coques, des murex, etc., chaque groupe ayant une préférence pour un type de mollusque marin, alors même que leur environnement ne cesse d’évoluer."
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"Pour le sens, voir musculus (« moule, coquillage bivalve, muscle »).",
"Pour la construction, voir mur-inus (« de souris »), mur-icus (« souriceau »)."
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