different between murex vs mirex

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???? (múax, “sea mussel”), from ??? (mûs).

Noun

murex (plural murexes or murices)

1. Any of the genus Murex of marine gastropods.
   • 1991, John Montroll, Robert J. Lang, Origami Sea Life, page 56:

     The murexes (family Muricidae) are one of the most beautiful and sought-after families by shell collectors.

Translations

References

Anagrams

• muxer, rumex

French

Etymology

From Latin

Noun

murex m (plural murex)

1. Murex

Further reading

• “murex” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• rumex

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???? (múax, “sea mussel”), from ??? (mûs) (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?mu?.reks/, [?mu???ks?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?mu.reks/, [?mu???ks]

Noun

m?rex m (genitive m?ricis); third declension

1. A shellfish used as a source of the dye Tyrian purple; the purple-fish
2. The purple dye so produced.
3. A sharp murex shell used as a bridle bit.
4. A pointed rock or stone.
5. A caltrop.
6. An iron spike.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Derived terms

• m?ric?tus
• m?riculus
• m?ricul?tus

Descendants

• English: muriciform, muricite, muricoid
• Irish: maorach
• Catalan: múrex
• Italian: murice
• Portuguese: múrice
• Spanish: múrice
• Translingual: Murex

References

• murex in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• murex in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• murex in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• murex in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

English

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “trade name?”)

Noun

mirex (uncountable)

1. (organic chemistry) The pesticide and fire retardant perchloropentacyclodecane, which is a persistent organic pollutant.

   Synonyms: dechlorane, perchloropentacyclodecane

Further reading

• mirex on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• mixer, remix