money cowry

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English

A picture of money cowries, three shells lined up in a horizontal row
Three money cowries (Monetaria moneta)

Noun

money cowry (plural money cowries)

  1. A mollusc of the species Monetaria moneta (syn. Cypraea moneta), the shells of which were formerly used as money by populations in Asia, Africa, and Oceania.

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