COWRIE

Meaning of COWRIE in English

also cowry noun (plural ~s) Etymology: Hindi & Urdu kauṛī Date: 1662 any of various marine gastropods (family Cypraeidae) that are widely distributed in warm seas and have glossy and often brightly colored shells

Merriam Webster. Explanatory English dictionary Merriam Webster. Толковый словарь английского языка Мерриам-Уэбстер. 2012

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 — cow ‧ rie /ˈkaʊri/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1600-1700 ; Language: Hindi ; Origin: kauri ] a small …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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.]
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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

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