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cowrey

cowrey is the archaic form of cowrie.

Meaning of cowrie

Noun

cowrie (plural cowries)

  1. A small gastropod (Monetaria moneta, syn. Cypraea moneta) common in the Indian Ocean; its shell.
    Synonyms:
    money cowrie, shell money, wampum
  2. (broadly, dated) Any gastropod of the genus Cypraea; its shell.
  3. (broadly) Any gastropod of the family Cypraeidae; its shell.

Forms of cowrey

pluralcowreys

Questions about cowrey

What is cowrey the archaic form of?
Cowrey is the archaic form of cowrie.

Words near cowrey in the dictionary

  1. cowpunk
  2. cowpunks
  3. cowquake
  4. cowquakes
  5. Cowra
  6. cowrey
  7. cowreys
  8. cowrie
  9. Cowrie Point
  10. cowries
  11. cowrite

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