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The five kings are mured in a
cave.

Mu"ren*ger (?), n. One who had
charge of the wall of a town, or its repairs.

||Mu"rex (?), n.; pl.
Murices (#). [L., the purple fish.]
(Zoöl.) A genus of marine gastropods, having rough,
and frequently spinose, shells, which are often highly colored
inside; the rock shells. They abound in tropical seas.

Mu*rex"an (?), n. [From
Murexide.] (Chem.) A complex nitrogenous substance
obtained from murexide, alloxantin, and other ureids, as a white, or
yellowish, crystalline which turns red on exposure to the air; --
called also uramil, dialuramide, and formerly
purpuric acid.

Mu*rex"ide (?), n. [L. murex the
purple fish, purple.] (Chem.) A crystalline nitrogenous
substance having a splendid dichroism, being green by reflected light
and garnet-red by transmitted light. It was formerly used in dyeing
calico, and was obtained in a large quantities from guano.


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