money cowrie


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Noun1.Money cowrie - cowrie whose shell is used for money in parts of the southern Pacific and in parts of Africamoney cowrie - cowrie whose shell is used for money in parts of the southern Pacific and in parts of Africa
Cypraea moneta
cowrie, cowry - any of numerous tropical marine gastropods of the genus Cypraea having highly polished usually brightly marked shells
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annulus is very popularly also called as money cowrie and named Monetaria annulus [34,36].
Phenetic Relationship Study of Gold Ring Cowry, Cypraea Annulus (Gastropods: Cypraeidae) in Mollucas Islands Based on Shell Morphological

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