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muricoid

muricoid adjective: resembling or relating to the genus Murex or family Muricidae.

Adjective

muricoid (comparative more muricoid, superlative most muricoid)

  1. Resembling or relating to the genus Murex or family Muricidae.

Forms of muricoid

comparativemore muricoid
superlativemost muricoid

Origin of muricoid

Classical Latin mūrex (stem: mūric-) + English -oid

Questions about muricoid

What does muricoid mean?
Muricoid means resembling or relating to the genus Murex or family Muricidae.
What part of speech is muricoid?
Muricoid is an adjective.

Words near muricoid in the dictionary

  1. muricides
  2. muricids
  3. muricin
  4. muricine
  5. muricinine
  6. muricoid
  7. muriculate
  8. murid
  9. muride
  10. murids
  11. Muriel

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