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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Gastropoda > [noun] > superorder Branchifera > order Prosobranchiata > section Siphonostomata > family Cypraeidae > member of (cowrie) (13)
Venus-shell1589

a bivalve mollusc belonging to the family Veneridæ or related species; a venus, murex, or cowry.

Venus-winkle1601

(see quots. and cf. porcelain, n. 3).

wart-gowry?1711

a variety of cowrie.

nipple cowry1713

smallpox1759

More fully smallpox cowry, smallpox shell. A cowry or cowry shell having markings thought to resemble the rash of smallpox; esp. the pustulated…

cowrie1777

gen. Any gastropod (or its shell) of the genus Cypræa or family Cypræidæ, characterized by their oval shape, undeveloped spire, and narow aperture…

serpent's skull1795

names for species of cowry.

Arabian cowrie1804

a cowrie, Cypraea arabica, whose shell is streaked and mottled with brown, found widely in the Indo-Pacific region; the shell of this.

mouse1815

A small Caribbean cowrie, Cypraea mus, with a thick humped shell that is cream with brown markings; also mouse cowrie.

sea-louse1815

A cowry. Obsolete.

serpent's head1815

wasp1815

Conchology. A variety of cowry (see quot. 1815).

niggerhead1895

U.S. Any of various freshwater clams.

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