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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 ornamentplay

  Familiarity information: CYPRAEA TIGRIS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CYPRAEA TIGRIS (noun)


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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