cowrie

/หˆkaสŠ.ษนi/

IPA: /K AW1 R IY0/

noun
  1. 1

    A small gastropod (Monetaria moneta, syn. Cypraea moneta) common in the Indian Ocean; its shell.

  2. 2

    (by extension) Any gastropod of the genus Cypraea; its shell.

  3. 3

    (by extension) Any gastropod of the family Cypraeidae; its shell.

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