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n. Any of various marine gastropods of the genus Murex common in tropical seas and having rough spiny shells, especially M. trunculus, the source of Tyrian purple.

n. Any of the genus Murex of marine gastropods.

n. . [capitalized] The typical genus of Mùricidæ.

n. A species of this genus.

n. Pl. murexes or murices (-rek-sez,-ri-sēz). A caltrop.

n. A shell used as a trumpet, as in representations of tritons, in art.

"The whole verse of course begins to explain itself, if we know the meaning of the word "murex," which is the name of a sea-shell, out of which was made the celebrated blue dye of Tyre."

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