cowrie

  1. Noun.  A gastropod of the family ''Cypraeidae'' common to the Indian Ocean.
  2. Noun.  The pyriform shell, of the '''cowrie''', especially of the species money cowry (''Cypraea moneta''), formerly used as money in some areas.

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