purple dye murex

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English[edit]

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Noun[edit]

purple dye murex

A medium-sized predatory sea snail of species Haustellum brandaris, which secrets a substance that can be used to make a long-lasting purple dye- Tyrian purple.

Synonyms[edit]

spiny dye murex

Translations[edit]

sea snail

German: Purpurschnecke (de) f
Spanish: púrpura (es) f

References[edit]

purple dye murex on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Muricinae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
“purple dye murex”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
“purple dye murex”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

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