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Definitions for Murices: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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Rhachiglossa \Rhach`i*glos"sa\, n. pl. [NL. See Rhachis, and
Glossa.] (Zool.)
A division of marine gastropods having a retractile proboscis
and three longitudinal rows of teeth on the radula. It
includes many of the large ornamental shells, as the
miters, murices, olives, purpuras, volutes, and
whelks. See Illust. in the Appendix.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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Murex \Mu"rex\, prop. n.; pl. Murices. [L., the purple fish.]
(Zool.)
A genus of marine gastropods, having rough, and frequently
spinose, shells, which are often highly colored inside; the
rock shells. They abound in tropical seas.
[1913 Webster]
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murices
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