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money cowry

money cowry noun: 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.

money cowry: a mollusc of the species Monetaria moneta (syn. Cypraea moneta), the shells of which were formerly...
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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.

money cowry meaning in Tamil

money cowry in Tamil

காசாகப் பயன்படுத்தும் சோழி, பலகறை, சோழியன்காசு, உமரிக்காசு

Forms of money cowry

pluralmoney cowries

Questions about money cowry

What does money cowry mean?
Money cowry means 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.
What is money cowry in Tamil?
Money cowry in Tamil is காசாகப் பயன்படுத்தும் சோழி, பலகறை, சோழியன்காசு. See Money cowry meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is money cowry?
Money cowry is a noun.
What is the plural of money cowry?
The plural of money cowry is money cowries.

Words near money cowry in the dictionary

  1. money clips
  2. money collection
  3. money collections
  4. money cowrie
  5. money cowries
  6. money cowry
  7. money crop
  8. money crops
  9. money dance
  10. money dances
  11. money disorder

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Adapted from Wiktionary: money cowry (page history and authors); money cowry (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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