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Cowry

noun
(pl. cowries)
1.
Any of numerous tropical marine gastropods of the genus Cypraea having highly polished usually brightly marked shells.  Synonym: cowrie.






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"Cowry" Quotes from Famous Books



... of Good Hope, New Zealand imperial, and pheasant, and the West Indian golden sun, upon table 15; the weaver's shuttle and pig cowries, including the Chinese variety, highly valued by the Chinese, as an ornament; also upon table 15, more varieties of cowries, including the money cowry of Africa, used there as money, and the orange cowry from the Friendly Islands, where it is worn as an ornament; the five varieties of the Volutes, including the red clouded volute, the Chinese imperial volute, the bishop's mitre, and the papal crown, ...
— How to See the British Museum in Four Visits • W. Blanchard Jerrold



Words linked to "Cowry" :   univalve, money cowrie, Cypraea moneta, gastropod, tiger cowrie, genus Cypraea, Cypraea tigris, Cypraea



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