A gastropod of the family Cypraeidae common to the Indian Ocean, The pyriform shell, of the cowrie, especially of the species money cowry (Cypraea moneta), formerly used as money in some areas, Same as Kauri, 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, type of sea snail, any of numerous tropical marine gastropods of the genus Cypraea having highly polished usually brightly marked shells, A marine shell of the genus Cypræa, plural of cowrie,
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A gastropod of the family Cypraeidae common to the Indian Ocean
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The pyriform shell, of the cowrie, especially of the species money cowry (Cypraea moneta), formerly used as money in some areas
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Same as Kauri
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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
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type of sea snail isim
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any of numerous tropical marine gastropods of the genus Cypraea having highly polished usually brightly marked shells
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