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Cowrie   Listen
noun
Cowrie  n.  (Bot.) Same as Kauri.





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"Cowrie" Quotes from Famous Books



... of the island arose from its being the great money bank of the natives, who here collected the zimbo, buzio, cowrie, or cypraea moneta. Ample details concerning this industry are given by the old writers. The shell was considered superior to the "impure or Braziles," brought from the opposite Bahia (de Todos os Santos), ...
— Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 2 • Richard F. Burton


Words linked to "Cowrie" :   tiger cowrie, money cowrie, Cypraea tigris, genus Cypraea, univalve


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