Murices

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  murices
       See {murex}