- cowry
- noun see cowrie
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Cowry — Not to be confused with kauri. A print from 1845 shows cowry shells being used as money by an Arab trader. Cowry, also sometimes spelled cowrie, plural cowries, is the common name for a group of small to large sea snails, marine gastropod… … Wikipedia
Cowry — Cowrie Cow rie Cowry Cow ry(kou r[y^]), n.; pl. {Cowries} ( r[i^]z). [Hind. kaur[imac].] (Zo[ o]l.) A marine shell of the genus {Cypr[ae]a}. [1913 Webster] Note: There are numerous species, many of them ornamental. Formerly {Cypr[ae]a moneta} and … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
cowry — noun a) Any of the marine molluscs of the genus Cypraea. b) The money cowry, Cypraea moneta … Wiktionary
cowry — n. small sea shell used as money in E Indies. ♦ cowry bird, Indian weaver bird … Dictionary of difficult words
Cowry Forces for an Emerging Benin — Forces Cauris pour un Bénin Emergent Leader Yayi Boni Chairman Janvier Yahouédéou Secretary General Timothée Zannou Ideolog … Wikipedia
Cowry — Kaurischnecken Neobernaya spadicea Systematik Klasse: Schnecken (Gastropoda) Überordnung … Deutsch Wikipedia
cowry — /kow ree/, n., pl. cowries. cowrie. * * * … Universalium
cowry — n. type of sea snail … English contemporary dictionary
cowry — cow·ry … English syllables
cowry — /ˈkaʊri / (say kowree) noun (plural cowries) 1. the shell of any of the marine gastropods constituting the genus Cypraea, as that of C. moneta, a small shell with a fine gloss, formerly used as money in certain parts of Asia, Africa, and the… …
