COWRIE

Meaning of COWRIE in English

cow ‧ rie /ˈkaʊri/ BrE AmE noun [countable]

[ Date: 1600-1700 ; Language: Hindi ; Origin: kauri ]

a small shiny shell that was used in the past as money in parts of Africa and Asia

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Longman - Словарь современного английского языка. 2012

COWRIE — also cowry noun (plural ~s) Etymology: Hindi & Urdu kauṛī Date: 1662 any of various marine gastropods (family Cypraeidae) that …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
COWRIE — Any of several marine snail s (genus Cypraea ) found chiefly in coastal waters of the Indian and Pacific oceans. …
Английский словарь Британика
COWRIE — I. noun or cow·ry also cou·rie ˈkau̇rē ( plural cowries also couries ) Etymology: Hindi kauṛī, from Sanskrit kaparda, of …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
COWRIE — (n.) Alt. of Cowry
Английский словарь Webster
COWRIE — (n.) Same as Kauri.
Английский словарь Webster
COWRIE — ( n. ) Same as Kauri.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
COWRIE — ( n. ) Alt. of Cowry
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
COWRIE — /kow"ree/ , n. 1. the highly polished, usually brightly colored shell of a marine gastropod of the genus Cypraea, as …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
COWRIE — n. type of sea snail
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
COWRIE — also cow·ry ˈkau̇-rē ( plural cowries ) Etymology: Hindi & Urdu kauṛī Date: 1662 : any of various marine gastropods …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
COWRIE — noun ·same·as kauri. 2. cowrie ·noun ·alt. of cowry.
Webster English vocab
COWRIE — [ 'kaʊ(ə)ri ] (also cowry ) ■ noun ( plural ~s ) a marine gastropod mollusc having a smooth, domed …
Concise Oxford English vocab
COWRIE — [cow.rie] or cow.ry n, pl cowries [Hindi kauri] (1662): any of various marine gastropods (family Cypraeidae) that are widely distributed …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
COWRIE — any of several marine snails of the subclass Prosobranchia (class Gastropoda) comprising the genus Cypraea, family Cypraeidae. The humped, thick …
Britannica English vocabulary
COWRIE — cowrie, cowry BrE AmE ˈkaʊ ə r i ▷ cowries ˈkaʊ ə r iz
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
COWRIE — / ˈkaʊri; NAmE / noun a small shiny shell that was used as money in the past in parts of …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
COWRIE — n. (also cowry) (pl. -ies) 1 any gastropod mollusc of the family Cypraeidae, having a smooth glossy and usu. brightly-coloured …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
COWRIE — n. (also cowry) (pl. -ies) 1 any gastropod mollusc of the family Cypraeidae, having a smooth glossy and usu. brightly-coloured …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
COWRIE — n. (also cowry) (pl. -ies) 1. any gastropod mollusc of the family Cypraeidae, having a smooth glossy and usu. brightly-coloured …
Oxford English vocab
COWRIE — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN shell ▪ Because of their symbolic potency cowrie shells were often copied in precious …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
COWRIE — cowry [noun] [C] - a small sea animal with a soft body, no bone in its back, and a smooth …
Cambridge English vocab
COWRIE — n. Any of several marine snail s (genus Cypraea ) found chiefly in coastal waters of the Indian and Pacific …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
COWRIE — noun
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
COWRIE — noun Cowrie is used before these nouns: ↑ shell
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
COWRIE — сущ. каури (раковина, заменяющая деньги в некоторых частях Азии и Африки) n каури (раковина, заменяющая деньги в некоторых частях Азии …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
COWRIE — n 1> зоол. каури ( Cypraea moneta ; моллюск ) 2> раковина каури
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
COWRIE — каури (раковина)
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
COWRIE — (n) каури; раковина каури
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
COWRIE — n 1) зоол. каури ( Cypraea moneta ; моллюск ) 2) раковина каури
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
COWRIE — сущ. каури (раковина, заменяющая деньги в некоторых частях Азии и Африки) n каури (раковина, заменяющая деньги в некоторых частях Азии …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
COWRIE — n. Variant: also cow · ry Pronunciation: ' kau ̇ -r ē Function: noun Inflected Form: plural cowries Etymology: Hindi …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
COWRIE — n 1> зоол. каури ( Cypraea moneta ; моллюск ) 2> раковина каури
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
COWRIE — n. каури [зоол.]
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
COWRIE — n. каури [зоол.]
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
COWRIE — сущ. каури ( раковина, заменяющая деньги в некоторых частях Азии и Африки )
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
COWRIE — сущ. каури (раковина, заменяющая деньги в некоторых частях Азии и Африки)
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
COWRIE — _n. каури (раковина, заменяющая деньги в некоторых частях Азии и Африки)
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
COWRIE — n. каури (раковина, заменяющая деньги в некоторых частях Азии и Африки)
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
COWRIE — каури (раковина)
Англо-Русский дополнительный словарь
COWRIE — _n. каури (раковина, заменяющая деньги в некоторых частях Азии и Африки)
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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