Meaning Of The Word Cowrie
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Cowrie Meaning
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What's The Definition Of Cowrie?
cowrie in American English
any of a number of gastropods (family Cypraeidae) having brightly colored, glossy shells and found in warm seas noun: the highly polished, usually brightly colored shell of a marine gastropod of the genus Cypraea, as that of C. moneta (money cowrie), used as money in certain parts of Asia and Africa, or that of C. tigris, used for ornament cowrie in British English noun: any marine gastropod mollusc of the mostly tropical family Cypraeidae, having a glossy brightly marked shell with an elongated opening |
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