cowrie

listen to the pronunciation of cowrie
الإنجليزية - التركية
taşböceği
kabuk
{i} deniz kabuğu
{i} tropikal deniz salyangozu
cowry
deniz kabuğu

Para için Çince karakter, bir deniz kabuğunun stilize çizimidir. - The Chinese character for money is a stylized drawing of a cowry shell.

cowry
taşböceği
cowry
{i} tropikal deniz salyangozu
الإنجليزية - الإنجليزية
The pyriform shell, of the cowrie, especially of the species money cowry (Cypraea moneta), formerly used as money in some areas
A gastropod of the family Cypraeidae common to the Indian Ocean
Same as Kauri
any of numerous tropical marine gastropods of the genus Cypraea having highly polished usually brightly marked shells
{i} type of sea snail
a small shiny shell that was used in the past as money in parts of Africa and Asia (kauri). Any of several marine snails (genus Cypraea) found chiefly in coastal waters of the Indian and Pacific oceans. Its humped, thick shell is beautifully coloured (often speckled) and glossy. That of the 4-in. (10-cm) golden cowrie was traditionally worn by royalty on Pacific islands. The money cowrie, a 1-in. (2.5-cm) yellow species, has served as currency in Africa and elsewhere
A marine shell of the genus Cypræa
cowry
The money cowry, Cypraea moneta
cowries
plural of cowrie
cowry
A marine shell of the genus Cypræa
cowry
Any of the marine molluscs of the genus Cypraea
cowry
{i} type of sea snail
cowry
any of numerous tropical marine gastropods of the genus Cypraea having highly polished usually brightly marked shells
money cowrie
cowrie whose shell is used for money in parts of the southern Pacific and in parts of Africa
tiger cowrie
cowrie whose shell is used for ornament
cowrie
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