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Meaning of "murex" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD MUREX

From Latin mūrex purple fish; related to Greek muax sea mussel.
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PRONUNCIATION OF MUREX

murex  [ˈmjʊərɛks] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MUREX

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Murex is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MUREX MEAN IN ENGLISH?

murex

Murex

Murex is a genus of medium to large sized predatory tropical sea snails. These are carnivorous marine gastropod molluscs in the family Muricidae, commonly called "murexes" or "rock snails". The common name murex is still used for a large number of species in the family Muricidae which were originally given the Latin generic name Murex in the past, but have more recently been regrouped into different newer genera. The word murex was used by Aristotle in reference to these kinds of snails, thus making it one of the oldest classical seashell names still in use by the scientific community.

Definition of murex in the English dictionary

The definition of murex in the dictionary is 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 THAT RHYME WITH MUREX


Artex
ˈɑːtɛks
carex
ˈkɛərɛks
complex
ˈkɒmplɛks
Durex
ˈdjʊərɛks
ex
ɛks
flex
flɛks
forex
ˈfɒrɛks
grex
ɡrɛks
index
ˈɪndɛks
interrex
ˌɪntəˈrɛks
latex
ˈleɪtɛks
lex
lɛks
Lurex
ˈlʊərɛks
mirex
ˈmaɪrɛks
NIREX
ˈnaɪrɛks
Pyrex
ˈpaɪrɛks
Rex
rɛks
sex
sɛks
specs
spɛks
unisex
ˈjuːnɪˌsɛks

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MUREX

murderball
murderee
murderer
murderess
murderous
murderously
murderousness
Murdoch
mure
murein
murgeon
muriate
muriatic acid
muricate
muricated
murices
murid
muriform
Murillo
murine

WORDS THAT END LIKE MUREX

annex
apex
cortex
dex
duplex
Essex
fedex
group sex
hex
Middlesex
multiplex
oral sex
prex
reflex
sorex
spandex
Sussex
tex
vertex
vortex

Synonyms and antonyms of murex in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «murex» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MUREX

Find out the translation of murex to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of murex from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «murex» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

紫红色
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

murex
570 millions of speakers

English

murex
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

MUREX
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

موريكس
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

мурекс
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Murex
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

Murex
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

murex
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Murex
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Murex
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

紫がかった赤
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

신입
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Murex
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Murex
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

Murex
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मोरेक्स
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

dikenli salyangoz
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

murice
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

murex
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Мурекс
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

MUREX
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πορφύρας
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Murex
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

murex
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

murex
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of murex

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MUREX»

The term «murex» is very widely used and occupies the 20.686 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MUREX» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about murex

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MUREX»

Discover the use of murex in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to murex and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Red Dyes: Cochineal, Madder, and Murex Purple : a World ...
A history of the red dyes, which, for centuries have been some of the most valuable commodities in the world, and a photo survey of red and purple textiles from throughout the world.
Gösta Sandberg, 1996
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Peterson First Guide to Shells of North America
Murex shells are abundant worldwide. in mostly tropical seas. Out of 700 species in the family. 400 are present in North America. Murex shells have many shapes. but usually are thick and spiny. When the frondlike spines are coated with sea ...
Roger Tory Peterson, 1998
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Lichen Dyes: The New Source Book
As "Tyrian purple" (one of many murex synonyms) implies, the Phoenicians took the credit for inventing mollusc purples. But archaeological evidence shows that shellfish dyes were made at Crete circa 2000 B.c. (Barber 1991). Myths about ...
Karen Diadick Casselman, Karen Leigh Casselman, 2001
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Sea Shells of Tropical West America: Marine Mollusks from ...
Posterior end of aperture with a raised anal notch at the suture on all varices Hexaplex Posterior end of aperture lacking a raised notch, all varices soldered firmly and smoothly at suture Muricanthus Genus MUREX LINNAEUS, 1758 Linnaeus ...
Angeline Myra Keen, 1971
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Life in Biblical Israel
Secretions from the hypobranchial glands of Mediterranean murex mollusks produced the dyes. The shellfish utilized for these dyes are the Murex trunculus and Murex brandaris (Ill. 78). The shellfish were crushed, boiled in salt, and placed in ...
Philip J. King, Lawrence E. Stager, 2001
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Archaeomineralogy
It was extracted from sea mollusks, the purpura shellfish murex. The hypobrachial gland from three species of muricids (including Stramonita haemastoma, Hexaplex trunculus, and Bolinus brandaris) were used to manufacture dye. The term ...
George Rapp, 2009
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Ancient Mesopotamian Materials and Industries: The ...
It has been calculated that 12,000 Bolinus (Murex) brandaris produce 1 .5 g. of pure dye, enough to colour the trim of a single garment (cf. Reese 1979-80: 83; in general, Jensen 1963; on technique, Michel and McGo- vern 1987; on chemistry,  ...
Peter Roger Stuart Moorey, 1999
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Catalogue of the Marine Gastropod Family Fasciolariidae
FUSINUS GROUP *undatus (Murex) Gmelin, 1791 -* Fusinus. (Recent, Indo- Pacific). undatus (Fusinus) ssp. similis (Baird, 1873) «- specific rank. undatus ( Fusus) Meunier, 1880 -» Streptodictyon. (Oligocene, Europe). undosus (Fusus) Borson, ...
Martin Avery Snyder, 2003
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Prehistoric Textiles: The Development of Cloth in the ...
The earliest proof of a Minoan purple industry comes from a bank of strategically crushed murex shells found with Middle Minoan II Kamares ware on the small island of Kouphonisi, south of East Crete, and more of these shells at the ...
E. J. W. Barber, 1991
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The World of Roman Costume
All of these were made from a dye liquid produced by crushing the marine gastropod Murex conchylium with iron rods and further pulverizing the shards in a mortar. The liquid, ostrum, was exported mixed with honey as a preservative.47 The ...
Judith Lynn Sebesta, Larissa Bonfante, 2001

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MUREX»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term murex is used in the context of the following news items.
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Murex Partners with DTCC's Omgeo to Enhance Post-Trade …
PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Murex, the leading provider of integrated trading, risk, collateral and processing solutions, announced today a ... «Business Wire, Jul 15»
2
'Delight' as two wind turbine appeals are dismissed
(trying to find out first name). The appeal for the Peters Marland Turbine was made by Murex Energy Ltd – both were dismissed on February 26. «North Devon Journal, Jul 15»
3
DIASORIN and BECKMAN COULTER Sign a Distribution …
Today, DiaSorin is already present on this market on the Blood Bank segment with the Murex ELISA product line, as well as with our LIAISON ... «SelectScience.net, Jul 15»
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DiaSorin S.p.A.: DiaSorin and Beckman Coulter sign a distribution …
... Bank segment with the Murex ELISA product line, as well as with our LIAISONXL Hepatitis, HIV product lines in the midsize hospital segment. «The Wall Street Transcript, Jul 15»
5
NC archaeology team in Jerusalem unearths 1st-century mansion
One UNCC discovery underscoring this opulence was the largest number of murex shells ever found in the ruins of Jerusalem during that ... «The San Luis Obispo Tribune, Jul 15»
6
New Seasons Market To Open First Puget Sound-Area Location
... Lummi Island Wild, Mama Nano's, Murex Cuisine, My Local Honey, OlyKraut, Pure Country Pork, Starvation Alley Farm, Sugar & Salt Bakery, ... «PerishableNews, Jul 15»
7
New Seasons Market to Open Mercer Island Neighborhood Store
... Lummi Island Wild, Mama Nano's, Murex Cuisine, My Local Honey, OlyKraut, Pure Country Pork, Starvation Alley Farm, Sugar & Salt Bakery, ... «Business Wire, Jul 15»
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Innocrin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Appoints Charles F. Osborne Jr. as its …
Prior experiences include NOBEX, where he raised more than $60 million of venture capital, and International Murex Technologies Co., where ... «PharmiWeb.com, Jul 15»
9
The Perfect Purple Dye Comes from Milking Snails, of Course
One thing everyone agrees on, though, is that it starts from hypobranchial gland of one of the snails of the family Muricidae, or Murex snails. «io9, Jun 15»
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US crude-by-rail projects; Proposed Tesoro railport pushed to 2016
... two Permian Operational; LLC and Murex unit trains per Basin will expand to LLC week up to 51,000 bpd or five unit trains per week by July ... «Yahoo! Maktoob News, Jun 15»

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