HyperDic: cowrie

English > 1 sense of the word cowrie:
NOUNanimalcowrie, cowryany of numerous tropical marine gastropods of the genus Cypraea having highly polished usually brightly marked shells
English > cowrie: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
MeaningAny of numerous tropical marine gastropods of the genus Cypraea having highly polished usually brightly marked shells.
Synonymcowry
Member ofCypraea, genus Cypraeatype genus of the family Cypraeidae
Narrowermoney cowrie, Cypraea monetacowrie whose shell is used for money in parts of the southern Pacific and in parts of Africa
tiger cowrie, Cypraea tigriscowrie whose shell is used for ornament
Broadergastropod, univalveA class of mollusks typically having a one-piece coiled shell and flattened muscular foot with a head bearing stalked eyes
Spanishcauri
Catalancauri

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