COWRIES

Meaning of COWRIES in English

( pl. )

of Cowry

Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary. Пересмотренный полный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

COWRIES — (pl. ) of Cowry
Английский словарь Webster
COWRIES — pl of cowry.
Webster English vocab
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
SHUTTLE SHELL — noun : any of several cowries having a smooth spindle-shaped shell (as the egg cowry)
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PACHISI — pəˈchēzē noun ( -s ) Etymology: Hindi pacīsī, from pacīs twenty-five, from Sanskrit pañca five + viṁśati twenty; from twenty-five …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CYPRAEIDAE — -əˌdē noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Cypraea, type genus + -idae : a family of marine gastropod …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CYPRAEA — sīˈprēə, sə̇ˈ- noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Latin Cypria or Late Latin Cypris, a name for Venus-Aphrodite, goddess …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PROBOSCIDIFERA — (n. pl.) An extensive division of pectinibranchiate gastropods, including those that have a long retractile proboscis, with the mouth at …
Английский словарь Webster
POCKET — (n.) A large bag or sack used in packing various articles, as ginger, hops, cowries, etc.
Английский словарь Webster
DIOECIA — (n. pl.) A subclass of gastropod mollusks in which the sexes are separate. It includes most of the large marine …
Английский словарь Webster
CYPRAEA — (n.) A genus of mollusks, including the cowries. See Cowrie.
Английский словарь Webster
PROBOSCIDIFERA — ( n. pl. ) An extensive division of pectinibranchiate gastropods, including those that have a long retractile proboscis, with the …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
POCKET — ( n. ) A large bag or sack used in packing various articles, as ginger, hops, cowries, etc.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
DIOECIA — ( n. pl. ) A subclass of gastropod mollusks in which the sexes are separate. It includes most of the …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
CYPRAEA — ( n. ) A genus of mollusks, including the cowries. See Cowrie.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
COWRY — /kow"ree/ , n. , pl. cowries . cowrie.
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
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
PROBOSCIDIFERA — noun ·pl a subdivision of the taenioglossate gastropods, including the fig-shells (pyrula), the helmet shells (cassis), the tritons, and allied …
Webster English vocab
POCKET — noun a hole containing water. 2. pocket ·add. ·noun a bight on a lee shore. 3. pocket ·vt to take …
Webster English vocab
DIOECIA — noun ·pl a linnaean class of plants having the stamens and pistils on different plants. 2. dioecia ·noun ·pl a …
Webster English vocab
CYPRAEA — noun a genus of mollusks, including the cowries. ·see cowrie.
Webster 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
SHELL COLLECTING — practice of finding and usually identifying the shells of mollusks, a popular avocation, or hobby, in many parts of the …
Britannica English vocabulary
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
PACHISI — n. a four-handed Indian board-game with six cowries used like dice. [Hindi, = of 25 (the highest throw)]
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PACHISI — n. a four-handed Indian board-game with six cowries used like dice. [ Hindi, = of 25 (the highest throw) ]
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PACHISI — n. a four-handed Indian board-game with six cowries used like dice. Etymology: Hindi, of 25 (the highest throw)
Oxford English vocab
POLISHED — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES polished ▪ I didn't want to spill anything on the polished surface of the table. …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PERIWINKLE — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Examples of this universal balancing act keep proliferating, stretching out my meditation as I shell …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ETHNOLOGY — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ One of the classic confrontations of nineteenth-century ethnology stemmed from this very circumstance. ▪ The …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary

Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary

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