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TAKE THE QUIZmurex
noun
mu·rex
ˈmyu̇r-ˌeks
plural murices
ˈmyu̇r-ə-ˌsēz
or murexes
: any of a genus (Murex of the family Muricidae) of marine gastropod mollusks having a rough and often spiny shell, abounding in tropical seas, and yielding a purple dye
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