cowrie (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *cowrie*:
NOUN	animal	cowrie, cowry	any of numerous tropical marine gastropods of the genus Cypraea having highly polished usually brightly marked shells

English > *cowrie*: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaning	Any of numerous tropical marine gastropods of the genus Cypraea having highly polished usually brightly marked shells.
Synonym	cowry
Member of	Cypraea, genus Cypraea	type genus of the family Cypraeidae
Narrower	money cowrie, Cypraea moneta	cowrie whose shell is used for money in parts of the southern Pacific and in parts of Africa
Narrower	tiger cowrie, Cypraea tigris	cowrie whose shell is used for ornament
Broader	gastropod, univalve	A class of mollusks typically having a one-piece coiled shell and flattened muscular foot with a head bearing stalked eyes
Spanish	cauri
Catalan	cauri

HyperDic: cowrie