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MONEY COWRIE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does money cowrie mean?
• MONEY COWRIE (noun)
The noun MONEY COWRIE has 1 sense:
1. cowrie whose shell is used for money in parts of the southern Pacific and in parts of Africa
Familiarity information: MONEY COWRIE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Cowrie whose shell is used for money in parts of the southern Pacific and in parts of Africa
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Cypraea moneta; money cowrie
Hypernyms ("money cowrie" 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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