money cowry

money cowry
A mollusc of the species Cypraea moneta. The shells of money cowry were formerly used as money in West Africa.

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  • money cowry — money cowry, the shell of a marine gastropod, used as money in parts of Asia and Africa …   Useful english dictionary

  • Money — For other uses, see Money (disambiguation). Coins and banknotes – the two most common physical forms of money …   Wikipedia

  • cowry — noun a) Any of the marine molluscs of the genus Cypraea. b) The money cowry, Cypraea moneta …   Wiktionary

  • Cowry — Not to be confused with kauri. A print from 1845 shows cowry shells being used as money by an Arab trader. Cowry, also sometimes spelled cowrie, plural cowries, is the common name for a group of small to large sea snails, marine gastropod… …   Wikipedia

  • Cowry — Cowrie Cow rie Cowry Cow ry(kou r[y^]), n.; pl. {Cowries} ( r[i^]z). [Hind. kaur[imac].] (Zo[ o]l.) A marine shell of the genus {Cypr[ae]a}. [1913 Webster] Note: There are numerous species, many of them ornamental. Formerly {Cypr[ae]a moneta} and …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • cowry —   n. small sea shell used as money in E Indies.    ♦ cowry bird, Indian weaver bird …   Dictionary of difficult words

  • money — noun /ˈmʌni,ˈmʌn.i/|[mʌn̩iː/ a) A legally or socially binding conceptual contract of entitlement to wealth, void of intrinsic value, payable for all debts and taxes, and regulated in supply. Before colonial times cowry shells imported from… …   Wiktionary

  • money cowrie — noun cowrie whose shell is used for money in parts of the southern Pacific and in parts of Africa • Syn: ↑Cypraea moneta • Hypernyms: ↑cowrie, ↑cowry * * * noun : a cowrie used as money; specifically : a yellow shelled or white shel …   Useful english dictionary

  • Cowry — Kaurischnecken Neobernaya spadicea Systematik Klasse: Schnecken (Gastropoda) Überordnung …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • cowry — /ˈkaʊri / (say kowree) noun (plural cowries) 1. the shell of any of the marine gastropods constituting the genus Cypraea, as that of C. moneta, a small shell with a fine gloss, formerly used as money in certain parts of Asia, Africa, and the… …  

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