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 | ||