cowry
English
[edit]Noun
[edit]cowry (plural cowries)
- Alternative spelling of cowrie.
- 2020, Abi Daré, The Girl With The Louding Voice, Sceptre, page 261:
- They tie [...] a string of cowry beads around their neck.
Derived terms
[edit]- atlantic deer cowry (Macrocypraea cervus)
- chestnut cowry (Neobernaya spadicea)
- egg cowry (Amphiperas ovum)
- money cowry (Monetaria moneta, syn. Cypraea moneta)
- kernel cowry (Nucleolaria nucleus)
- nucleus cowry (Nucleolaria nucleus)
- orange cowry (Cypraea aurantia)
- panther cowry (Cypraea pantherina)
- tiger cowry (Cypraea tigris)
- wrinkled cowry (Nucleolaria nucleus)