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money cowry en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. A mollusc of the species Monetaria moneta (syn. Cypraea moneta), the shells of which were formerly used as money by populations in Asia, Africa, and Oceania.

Forms

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money cowries Number=Plur lexicographic

Translations (4)

fr cauri (mollusc of the species Monetaria moneta) · sg zegë (mollusc of the species Monetaria moneta) · pl monetka (mollusc of the species Monetaria moneta) · fi kaurikotilo (mollusc of the species Monetaria moneta)