mu.rex

n.（名詞）
【復(fù)數(shù)】 mu.ri.ces[myôr.-sôz.] 或 mu.rex.es
Any of various marine gastropods of the genusMurex common in tropical seas and having rough, spiny shells, especially M. trunculus, the source of Tyrian purple.
骨螺：一種盛產(chǎn)在熱帶海洋的海生骨螺屬 腹足類動物，殼粗糙而常有棘尤指 M. trunculus ，泰爾紫的來源

來源：
New Latin Môrex [genus name]
現(xiàn)代拉丁語 Môrex [屬名]
from Latin môrex [purple-fish]
源自 拉丁語 môrex [紫色魚]