Murex

Murex

Murex, die Stachelschnecke (s. d.).


http://www.zeno.org/Meyers-1905. 1905–1909.

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  • murex — [ myrɛks ] n. m. • 1505; mot lat. ♦ Mollusque gastéropode à coquille épaisse, hérissée d épines, dont les Anciens tiraient la pourpre. ● murex nom masculin (latin murex, icis, coquillage) Mollusque gastropode des mers chaudes, sécréteur de… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • murex — múrex s. n. Trimis de siveco, 10.08.2004. Sursa: Dicţionar ortografic  MÚREX s.n. (zool.) Moluscă gasteropodă cu cochilie spiralată, acoperită de spini şi cu o prelungire în formă de tub, din care în antichitate se extrăgea purpura. [< fr.,… …   Dicționar Român

  • MUREX — apud Martial. l. 5. Epigr. 24. Non nisi vel cocci madidâ, vel murice tinctâ Veste nites Et l. 13. Epigr. 87. cuius titul. Murices, Sanguine de nostro tinctas ingrate lacernas Induis, et, non est hoc satis, esca sumus. piscis seu conchae genus est …   Hofmann J. Lexicon universale

  • murex — (n.) kind of shellfish which yields a purple dye, 1580s, from L. murex (pl. murices) purple fish, purple dye, probably cognate with Gk. myax sea mussel, of unknown origin, perhaps related to mys mouse (see MUSCLE (Cf. muscle) (n.) and mussel) …   Etymology dictionary

  • murex — [myoor′eks΄] n. pl. murices [myo͞o′ə sēz΄, myoor′ə sēz΄] or murexes [ModL < L, the purple fish < IE base * mus > MOUSE, Gr myax, sea mussel] any of a genus (Murex) of flesh eating snails, found in warm salt waters and having a rough,… …   English World dictionary

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