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CYPRAEA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Cypraea mean?
• CYPRAEA (noun)
The noun CYPRAEA has 1 sense:
1. type genus of the family Cypraeidae: the typical cowries
Familiarity information: CYPRAEA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the family Cypraeidae: the typical cowries
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Cypraea; genus Cypraea
Hypernyms ("Cypraea" is a kind of...):
mollusk genus (a genus of mollusks)
Meronyms (members of "Cypraea"):
cowrie; cowry (any of numerous tropical marine gastropods of the genus Cypraea having highly polished usually brightly marked shells)
Holonyms ("Cypraea" is a member of...):
Cypraeidae; family Cypraeidae (family of marine gastropods comprising the cowries)
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