English Explanatory Dictionary

money cowry

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  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.

Word forms

money cowry money cowries
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