murex
/ˈmjʊəreks/noun
(pl. murices /-rɪsiːz/或murexes)
1- a predatory tropical marine mollusc, the shell of which bears spines and forms a long narrow canal extending downwards from the aperture骨螺。
1.1
- Genus Murex, family Muricidae, class Gastropoda.骨螺属, 骨螺科, 腹足纲。
词源
late 16th cent.: from Latin; perhaps related to Greek muax 'sea mussel'.