Cowrie

What do we mean by cowrie?

Any of various marine gastropods of the family Cypraeidae of tropical and subtropical seas, having glossy, often colorfully patterned shells, some of which were formerly used as currency in parts of the South Pacific and Africa. noun

See cowry. noun

Same as kauri. noun

A marine shell of the genus Cypræa. noun

A gastropod of the family Cypraeidae common to the Indian Ocean. noun

The pyriform shell, of the cowrie, especially of the species money cowry (Cypraea moneta), formerly used as money in some areas. noun

Any of numerous tropical marine gastropods of the genus Cypraea having highly polished usually brightly marked shells noun

Here you will find one or more explanations in English for the word cowrie. Define cowrie, cowrie synonyms, cowrie pronunciation, cowrie translation, English dictionary definition of cowrie.

Words that are spelled similarly to cowrie:
cowrie, corrie, cowdie, cowpie, cowie, cowrite, comrie, gowrie, coorie, courie, lowrie, corie.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word cowrie:
cowry, shells, banknote, snail, obverse, gastropod, mollusk, shell, bonnie, currency, immunity, tribal, reverse, marine, ceremonies, carries, coins, nigeria, sea, vote, background, theme, species, singapore, objects, iron, bronze, traditional, creek, money, family, hand, african, used, featured, coast.

Words that rhyme with cowrie:
cowry.

Adjectives that are often used to describe cowrie:
single, golden, small, large, broken, white, little, honest, only, last, common, coloured, uttermost, old, unsoiled, magic, extra, big, worth, yellow.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective cowrie:
shells, shell, grins, money, smiles, eyes, family, blushes, notices, teeth, nods, sighs, beads, currency, bands, tree.

Consonant match to cowrie:
carry, curry, kauri, karoo, cairo, carer, cory, cora, cara, kerry, kyrie, caro, carey, cary, corrie, corey, kora, carew, carrie, kara, corer, kiri, cowry, kera, karri, kari, kyra, curragh, carro, karroo, carie, carre, kaury, kory, corry, carrey, kerri, koori, korah, kourou, correi, khoury, carra, chi-rho, carrow, coury, kaori, kary, curro, korey, khouri, chi rho, karry, karrer, karow, kehrer, carri, coiro, koury, keary, corrao, caire au, car a, car au, car e, car he, car her, car high, car i, car o, car who, cara a, care a, care au, care e, care he, care her, care high, care how, care i, care o, care who, carow, carr a, carr i, carr re, carr who, coeur a, cor a, cor e, cor i, cora a, core a, core e, core he, core high, core i, core o, core who, corps a.

Words that sound like cowrie:
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