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Noun: cowry  kaw-ree
  1. Any of numerous tropical marine gastropods of the genus Cypraea having highly polished usually brightly marked shells
    - cowrie

Sounds like: cowrie, kauri, kaury

Type of: gasteropod [archaic], gastropod, univalve

Part of: Cypraea, genus Cypraea

Encyclopedia: Cowry

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