cowry
noun
- 1
A small gastropod (Monetaria moneta, syn. Cypraea moneta) common in the Indian Ocean; its shell.
- 2
(by extension) Any gastropod of the genus Cypraea; its shell.
- 3
(by extension) Any gastropod of the family Cypraeidae; its shell.
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