English noun: cowrie | |||
| 1. | cowrie (animal) any of numerous tropical marine gastropods of the genus Cypraea having highly polished usually brightly marked shells | ||
| Synonyms | cowry | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | gastropod, univalve | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | Cypraea moneta, Cypraea tigris, money cowrie, tiger cowrie | ||
| Member meronym | Cypraea, genus Cypraea | ||