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CYPRAEA MONETA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Cowrie whose shell is used for money in parts of the southern Pacific and in parts of Africa
Synonyms:
Cypraea moneta; money cowrie
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Cypraea moneta" is a kind of...):
cowrie; cowry (any of numerous tropical marine gastropods of the genus Cypraea having highly polished usually brightly marked shells)
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