cowrie

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Hindi कौड़ी (kauṛī)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kaʊɹi/
  • Rhymes: -aʊɹi

Noun

cowrie (plural cowries)

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

Translations
cowry — see cowry

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