Cowrie

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  • noun. Any of various marine gastropods of the family Cypraeidae of tropical and subtropical seas, having glossy, often colorfully patterned shells, some of which were formerly used as currency in parts of the South Pacific and Africa.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. See cowry.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. Same as kauri.
  • noun. A marine shell of the genus Cypræa.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A gastropod of the family Cypraeidae common to the Indian Ocean.
  • noun. The pyriform shell, of the cowrie, especially of the species money cowry (Cypraea moneta), formerly used as money in some areas.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. any of numerous tropical marine gastropods of the genus Cypraea having highly polished usually brightly marked shells
    • Equivalent
    cowry  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    gastropod  univalve  
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    cypraea moneta  cypraea tigris  money cowrie  tiger cowrie  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    antimagic  arborvitae  bus  camphor-wood  cap-like  
    variant
    kauri  
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