(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 2:22:49

Pur`pu*rip"a*rous (?), a. [L. purpura purple + parere to produce.] Biol.

Producing, or connected with, a purple-colored secretion; as, the purpuriparous gland of certain gastropods.

 

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