mures

pl. [Nom. pl. of Lat. mus =a mouse.] Zool.: A group of Murine, having three series of cusps acro each molar. It is composed of the following genera: Mus (typical), Nesokia, Golunda, Uromys, Hapalotis, Mastacomys, Acanthomys, and Echinothrix. mür-ěx ( pl. mür-I-çēş), s. [Lat.] Zoology: 1. The typical genus of the family Muricide (q. v.). It is of world-wide distribution, and 180 species are known. Murex tenuis pin a is popularly known as length of the body of the shell, and fringed with Venus' Comb. The canal is produced to twice the three rows of long, slender spines, curved like the teeth of a harrow. In M. adustus , the spines somewhat resemble the branches of a fir-tree. The celebrated Tyrian purple was obtained from a species of Murex. Heaps of broken shells of M. trunculus , and hollow places in the rocks in which they were pounded, as in a mortar, may yet be seen on the Tyrian coast. M.brand aris was used for a similar purpose in the Morea. 2. Any individual of the genus; specially the species yielding the dye known as Tyrian purple. ( Prior : Solomon , ii. 44.)