HyperDic: money_cowrie

English > 1 sense of the expression *money cowrie*:
NOUN	animal	money cowrie, Cypraea moneta	cowrie whose shell is used for money in parts of the southern Pacific and in parts of Africa

English > *money cowrie*: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaning	cowrie whose shell is used for money in parts of the southern Pacific and in parts of Africa.
Synonym	Cypraea moneta
Broader	cowrie, cowry	Any of numerous tropical marine gastropods of the genus Cypraea having highly polished usually brightly marked shells