cowrie
Kelime Anlamı :

1. tropikal deniz salyangozu.
2. deniz kabuğu.
3. taşböceği.
4. kabuk.
Tanımlar :
1. any of various tropical marine gastropods of the family Cypraeidae, having glossy, often brightly marked shells, some of which are used as currency in the south pacific and africa.
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
1. A gastropod of the family Cypraeidae common to the indian ocean.
2. the pyriform shell, of the cowrie, especially of the species money cowry (Cypraea moneta), formerly used as money in some areas.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
1. same as kauri.
2. A marine shell of the genus Cypræa.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
1. see cowry.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
1. any of numerous tropical marine gastropods of the genus Cypraea having highly polished usually brightly marked shells
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.