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Cowrie has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

any of numerous tropical marine gastropods of the genus Cypraea having highly polished usually brightly marked shells

2

A small gastropod (Monetaria moneta, syn. Cypraea moneta) common in the Indian Ocean; its shell.

See Also
pyriform pocket zimbi cypraeidae cauri shell dewarra porcelain shell
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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
gastropod
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Rhyming Words
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