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Cowrie

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Noun

1. cowrie, cowry

any of numerous tropical marine gastropods of the genus Cypraea having highly polished usually brightly marked shells

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Cowrie

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noun plural -ries
1. 
any marine gastropod mollusc of the mostly tropical family Cypraeidae, having a glossy brightly marked shell with an elongated opening
2. 
the shell of any of these molluscs, esp the shell of Cypraea moneta (money cowry), used as money in parts of Africa and S Asia

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Cowrie

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nounWord forms: plural ˈcowries
1. 
any of a number of gastropods (family Cypraeidae) having brightly colored, glossy shells and found in warm seas
2. 
the shell of any of these mollusks, esp. the shell of the money cowrie (Cypraea moneta), formerly used as currency in parts of Africa and S Asia

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Cowrie

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n. pl. cow·ries
Any of various marine gastropods of the family Cypraeidae of tropical and subtropical seas, having glossy, often colorfully patterned shells, some of which were formerly used as currency in parts of Oceania, Asia, Africa, and Australia.

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