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Gastropod genus
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murex
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Murex Limited was a leading British provider of services to metallurgists, smelters and refiners, and welders. It was an original constituent of the FT 30 index of leading stocks on the London Stock Exchange .
Wiktionary
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n. Any of the genus ''Murex'' of marine gastropods.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Murex \Mu"rex\, prop. n.; pl. Murices . [L., the purple fish.] (Zo["o]l.) A genus of marine gastropods, having rough, and frequently spinose, shells, which are often highly colored inside; the rock shells. They abound in tropical seas.
Usage examples of murex.
This reference is said to doubtless refer to the islands of the Aegian Sea, from whence many claim , the Tyrians obtained the shell-fish,--the murex and papura, which produced the dark-blue and bright-scarlet coloring materials, the employment of which contributed so much to the fame of ancient Tyre.
There are huge hills of boiled-down murex remains all around the landward side of Tyre, taller than the buildings, which seem to kiss the sky.
Well, they gather the murex, break the shells, extract the fish and dump it in big vats.