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Showing words for MUREX using the English dictionary
5 Letter Words for Murex
murex, rumex
4 Letter Words for Murex
mure, rume
3 Letter Words for Murex
emu, exr, mer, meu, mux, rem, rex, rue, rum, rux, ume, ure
Definitions for Murex
[1] any marine gastropod of the genus Murex, common in tropical seas, certain species of which yield the royal purple dye valued by the ancients.
[2] a shell used as a trumpet, as in representations of Tritons in art.
[3] purplish red.
[4] any of various spiny-shelled marine gastropods of the genus Murex and related genera: formerly used as a source of the dye Tyrian purple
Words nearby Murex
murdoch, murdrum, mure, murein, mures, murex, murexide, murexide test, mureş, murfreesboro, murgeon
Origin of Murex
1580–90; < New Latin, Latin mūrex the shellfish that yielded Tyrian purple dye
Word origin for Murex
C16: from Latin mūrex purple fish; related to Greek muax sea mussel