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CYPRAEA TIGRIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Cypraea tigris mean?
• CYPRAEA TIGRIS (noun)
The noun CYPRAEA TIGRIS has 1 sense:
1. cowrie whose shell is used for ornament
Familiarity information: CYPRAEA TIGRIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Cowrie whose shell is used for ornament
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Cypraea tigris; tiger cowrie
Hypernyms ("Cypraea tigris" is a kind of...):
cowrie; cowry (any of numerous tropical marine gastropods of the genus Cypraea having highly polished usually brightly marked shells)
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