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cowrie Noun

[Subject: Mollusca & Molluscoidea]

- A shell, used in certain primitive societies as money, of a mollusc of a large genus (Cypraea) of gasteropods.

Translated by: ROBERT GRIGOR BAXTER

Synonym: cowry

Translated in 25 languages

Translations24
	Italian	cauri
	Spanish	cauri; couri
	French	cauri; cauris
	German	Kaurimuschel
	Russian	каури
	Catalan	cauri
	Danish	porcelænssnegl
	Dutch	porseleinslak
	Esperanto	kaŭrio; mincipreo; monkonko
	Finnish	kaurikotilo
	Galician	cauri
	Gujarati	કોડી
	Hindi	कौड़ी
	Japanese	タカラガイ
	Persian	صدف
	Polish	kauri
	Portuguese	cauri; caurim; cauril
	Punjabi	ਕੌਡ਼
	Sanskrit	काकिणी
	Slovak	kauri
	Swedish	porslinssnäcka
	Thai	เบี้ย
	Xhosa	uhlobo oluthile lonokrwece
	Zulu	intombazana

cowrie Noun

[Subject: Mollusca & Molluscoidea]

Translated by: DAVID LAURENT

Translated in 8 languages

Translations7
	Italian	Erosaria moneta
	Spanish	cauri amarillo; caurica
	French	cauri
	German	Geldkauri
	Catalan	cauri
	Hebrew	פי-הכושי
	Latin	Erosaria moneta

cowrie Noun

[Subject: Generalities]

- A mollusc of a large genus (Cypraea) of gasteropods, the shells of which are used in certain primitive societies as money or invested with magical properties

Translated by: ROBERT GRIGOR BAXTER

Translated in 7 languages

Translations6
	Italian	ciprea
	Esperanto	cipreo
	Japanese	�¬�À�L
	Polish	porcelanki
	Slovak	mäkkýš
	Swedish	kaurisnäcka

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