| 单词 | cowry |
| 释义 | cowry (once / 23313 pages) n WORD FAMILY cowry: cowries USAGE EXAMPLESThey also found a cowry shell, once used as currency in parts of Africa. Washington Times(Dec 16, 2016) One group might wish to exchange decorative cowry shells for some of the other group’s surplus arrowheads, for instance. Time(Sep 06, 2016) One took a handful of dirt, a symbol of home, and poured it into a cowry shell. Washington Post(Jul 03, 2016) n any of numerous tropical marine gastropods of the genus Cypraea having highly polished usually brightly marked shells Syn|Hypo|Hyper cowrie Cypraea moneta, money cowrie cowrie whose shell is used for money in parts of the southern Pacific and in parts of Africa Cypraea tigris, tiger cowriecowrie whose shell is used for ornament gastropod, univalve a class of mollusks typically having a one-piece coiled shell and flattened muscular foot with a head bearing stalked eyes |
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