HyperDic: genus_cypraea

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Cypraea:
NOUNanimalgenus Cypraea, Cypraeatype genus of the family Cypraeidae
English > genus Cypraea: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningtype genus of the family Cypraeidae: the typical cowries.
SynonymCypraea
Member ofCypraeidae, family Cypraeidaefamily of marine gastropods comprising the cowries
Memberscowrie, cowryAny of numerous tropical marine gastropods of the genus Cypraea having highly polished usually brightly marked shells
Broadermollusk genusA genus of mollusks
Spanishcypraea, genus cypraea
Catalancypraea, genus cypraea

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