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Webster 1913 Edition

Cowrie

Cow′rie

(-ry̆)

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Noun.

(Bot.)

Same as

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Definition 2024

cowrie

cowrie

English

Alternative forms

cowry

Noun

cowrie ‎(plural cowries)

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.

Translations

cowry — see cowry