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murices

murices is the plural of murex.

Meaning of murex

Noun

murex (plural murexes or murices)

  1. Any member of the genus Murex of marine gastropods.
    • The bank of crushed murex shell that Professor Bosanquet found here, and again at Palaikastro, in company with a whole mass of Kamáres pottery, shows that the men of Sidon and Tyre were not the first to practise the dying of purple.1907, Ronald M. Burrows, The Discoveries In Crete, page 25

Questions about murices

What is murices the plural of?
Murices is the plural of murex.

Words near murices in the dictionary

  1. Muricans
  2. muricate
  3. muricated
  4. muricately
  5. Muricay
  6. murices
  7. muricholic
  8. muricholic acid
  9. muricholic acids
  10. muricid
  11. muricidal

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