Dictionary  cow•riePronunciation: (kou'rē), [key] —n. 1. the highly polished, usually brightly colored shell of a marine gastropod of the genus Cypraea, as that of C. moneta (money cowrie), used as money in certain parts of Asia and Africa, or that of C. tigris, used for ornament. 2. the gastropod itself. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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