cowrie
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Mid-17th century, borrowed from Hindi कौड़ी (kauṛī).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]cowrie (plural cowries)
- A small gastropod (Monetaria moneta, syn. Cypraea moneta) common in the Indian Ocean; its shell.
- (by extension, dated) Any gastropod of the genus Cypraea; its shell.
- (by extension) Any gastropod of the family Cypraeidae; its shell.
Synonyms
[edit]- (Monetaria moneta): money cowrie
- (shell of M. moneta): shell money, wampum
Derived terms
[edit]- bean cowrie (Trivia merces)
- kernel cowrie (Nucleolaria nucleus)
- measled cowrie (Macrocypaea zebra)
- money cowrie (Monetaria moneta, syn. Cypraea moneta)
- nucleus cowrie (Nucleolaria nucleus)
- panther cowrie (Cypraea pantherina)
- ring cowrie (Monetaria annulus, syn. Cypraea annulus)
- tiger cowrie (Cypraea tigris)
- turtle cowrie (Chelycypraea testudinaria, syn. Cypraea testudinaria)
- wrinkled cowrie (Nucleolaria nucleus)
Translations
[edit]C. moneta
any member of the genus Cypraea
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References
[edit]- cowrie on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Cypraeidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- “cowrie | cowry, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1893.
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