"cowry" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: cowries [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} cowry (plural cowries)
  1. Alternative spelling of cowrie. Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: cowrie Categories (lifeform): Littorinimorphs Derived forms: atlantic deer cowry (taxonomic: Macrocypraea cervus), chestnut cowry (alt: Neobernaya spadicea), egg cowry (english: Amphiperas ovum), money cowry (alt: syn. Cypraea moneta) (taxonomic: Monetaria moneta), kernel cowry (english: Nucleolaria nucleus), nucleus cowry (english: Nucleolaria nucleus), orange cowry (taxonomic: Cypraea aurantia), panther cowry (taxonomic: Cypraea pantherina), tiger cowry (taxonomic: Cypraea tigris), wrinkled cowry (english: Nucleolaria nucleus)
    Sense id: en-cowry-en-noun-Y8XBWLbc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "taxonomic": "Macrocypraea cervus",
          "word": "atlantic deer cowry"
        },
        {
          "alt": "Neobernaya spadicea",
          "word": "chestnut cowry"
        },
        {
          "english": "Amphiperas ovum",
          "word": "egg cowry"
        },
        {
          "alt": "syn. Cypraea moneta",
          "taxonomic": "Monetaria moneta",
          "word": "money cowry"
        },
        {
          "english": "Nucleolaria nucleus",
          "word": "kernel cowry"
        },
        {
          "english": "Nucleolaria nucleus",
          "word": "nucleus cowry"
        },
        {
          "taxonomic": "Cypraea aurantia",
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        },
        {
          "taxonomic": "Cypraea pantherina",
          "word": "panther cowry"
        },
        {
          "taxonomic": "Cypraea tigris",
          "word": "tiger cowry"
        },
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          "english": "Nucleolaria nucleus",
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          "ref": "2020, Abi Daré, The Girl With The Louding Voice, Sceptre, page 261:",
          "text": "They tie [...] a string of cowry beads around their neck.",
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