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English noun: cowrie

1. cowrie (animal) any of numerous tropical marine gastropods of the genus Cypraea having highly polished usually brightly marked shells


Synonymscowry


Broader (hypernym)gastropod, univalve


Narrower (hyponym)Cypraea moneta, Cypraea tigris, money cowrie, tiger cowrie


Member meronymCypraea, genus Cypraea









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