cowrie

Englisch - Türkisch

Definition von cowrie im Englisch Türkisch wörterbuch: taşböceği; kabuk; {i} deniz kabuğu; {i} tropikal deniz salyangozu
cowry: deniz kabuğu
Para için Çince karakter, bir deniz kabuğunun stilize çizimidir. - The Chinese character for money is a stylized drawing of a cowry shell.
cowry: taşböceği
cowry: {i} tropikal deniz salyangozu

Englisch - Englisch

Definition von cowrie im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch: The pyriform shell, of the cowrie, especially of the species money cowry (Cypraea moneta), formerly used as money in some areas; A gastropod of the family Cypraeidae common to the Indian Ocean; Same as Kauri; any of numerous tropical marine gastropods of the genus Cypraea having highly polished usually brightly marked shells; {i} type of sea snail; a small shiny shell that was used in the past as money in parts of Africa and Asia (kauri). Any of several marine snails (genus Cypraea) found chiefly in coastal waters of the Indian and Pacific oceans. Its humped, thick shell is beautifully coloured (often speckled) and glossy. That of the 4-in. (10-cm) golden cowrie was traditionally worn by royalty on Pacific islands. The money cowrie, a 1-in. (2.5-cm) yellow species, has served as currency in Africa and elsewhere; A marine shell of the genus Cypræa
cowry: The money cowry, Cypraea moneta
cowries: plural of cowrie
cowry: A marine shell of the genus Cypræa
cowry: Any of the marine molluscs of the genus Cypraea
cowry: {i} type of sea snail
cowry: any of numerous tropical marine gastropods of the genus Cypraea having highly polished usually brightly marked shells
money cowrie: cowrie whose shell is used for money in parts of the southern Pacific and in parts of Africa
tiger cowrie: cowrie whose shell is used for ornament

cowrie

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cow·rie

() Hindi (kaurī)

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