muricoid

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adjective

Resembling or relating to the genus Murex or family Muricidae.

OriginLatin mūrex →
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Meanings

adjectivemuricoid (comparative more muricoid, superlative most muricoid)

comparative more muricoid · superlative most muricoid

  1. biologyResembling or relating to the genus Murex or family Muricidae.

Origin

  1. Latinmūrex
  2. Englishmuricoid

Classical Latin mūrex (stem: mūric-) + English -oid

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APA

muricoid. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/muricoid

MLA

“muricoid.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/muricoid. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “muricoid,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/muricoid.

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