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purple shell
(gcide) | Ianthina \I*an"thi*na\, n.; pl. L. Ianthin[ae], E.
Ianthinas. [NL., fr. L. ianthinus violet-blue, Gr. ?; ?
violet + ? flower.] (Zool.)
Any gastropod of the genus Ianthina, of which various
species are found living in mid ocean; -- called also {purple
shell}, and violet snail. [Written also janthina.]
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Note: It floats at the surface by means of a raft, which it
constructs by forming and uniting together air bubbles
of hardened mucus. The Tyrian purple of the ancients
was obtained in part from mollusks of this genus.
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Purple shell
(gcide) | Purple \Pur"ple\, a.
1. Exhibiting or possessing the color called purple, much
esteemed for its richness and beauty; of a deep red, or
red and blue color; as, a purple robe.
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2. Imperial; regal; -- so called from the color having been
an emblem of imperial authority.
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Hide in the dust thy purple pride. --Shelley.
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3. Blood-red; bloody.
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May such purple tears be alway shed. --Shak.
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I view a field of blood,
And Tiber rolling with a purple blood. --Dryden.
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Purple bird (Zool.), the European purple gallinule. See
under Gallinule.
Purple copper ore. (Min.) See Bornite.
Purple grackle (Zool.), the crow blackbird. See under
Crow.
Purple martin. See under Martin.
Purple sandpiper. See under Sandpiper.
Purple shell. See Ianthina.
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purple shell
(gcide) | Ianthina \I*an"thi*na\, n.; pl. L. Ianthin[ae], E.
Ianthinas. [NL., fr. L. ianthinus violet-blue, Gr. ?; ?
violet + ? flower.] (Zool.)
Any gastropod of the genus Ianthina, of which various
species are found living in mid ocean; -- called also {purple
shell}, and violet snail. [Written also janthina.]
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Note: It floats at the surface by means of a raft, which it
constructs by forming and uniting together air bubbles
of hardened mucus. The Tyrian purple of the ancients
was obtained in part from mollusks of this genus.
[1913 Webster]Purple \Pur"ple\, a.
1. Exhibiting or possessing the color called purple, much
esteemed for its richness and beauty; of a deep red, or
red and blue color; as, a purple robe.
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2. Imperial; regal; -- so called from the color having been
an emblem of imperial authority.
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Hide in the dust thy purple pride. --Shelley.
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3. Blood-red; bloody.
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May such purple tears be alway shed. --Shak.
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I view a field of blood,
And Tiber rolling with a purple blood. --Dryden.
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Purple bird (Zool.), the European purple gallinule. See
under Gallinule.
Purple copper ore. (Min.) See Bornite.
Purple grackle (Zool.), the crow blackbird. See under
Crow.
Purple martin. See under Martin.
Purple sandpiper. See under Sandpiper.
Purple shell. See Ianthina.
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