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n. Any of various tropical marine gastropods of the family Cypraeidae, having glossy, often brightly marked shells, some of which are used as currency in the South Pacific and Africa.

n. A gastropod of the family Cypraeidae common to the Indian Ocean.

n. The pyriform shell, of the cowrie, especially of the species money cowry (Cypraea moneta), formerly used as money in some areas.

n. Same as kauri.

n. A marine shell of the genus Cypræa.

n. See cowry.

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

"The first currency to be used this way was something called the cowrie shell, a seashell common in the Pacific and Indian oceans that was used for trading primarily in Africa and Asia."

cowry   

univalve    gastropod   

kauri   

cypraea moneta    money cowrie    cypraea tigris    tiger cowrie   

arborvitae    ormer    camphor-wood    extra-european    just-hatched    tarnblaze    thirteen-inch    dagger-shaped    stone-block    goose egg