COWRIE


Meaning of COWRIE in English

n. (also cowry) (pl. -ies) 1 any gastropod mollusc of the family Cypraeidae, having a smooth glossy and usu. brightly-coloured shell. 2 its shell, esp. used as money in parts of Africa and S. Asia.

[ Urdu & Hindi kauri ]

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