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Definition of Cowrie

cowrie
Kauri Ka"u*ri, n. [Native name.] (Bot.) A lofty coniferous tree of New Zealand Agathis, or Dammara, australis), furnishing valuable timber and yielding one kind of dammar resin. [Written also kaudi, cowdie, and cowrie.]
Cowrie
Cowrie Cow"rie (-r[y^]), n. (Bot.) Same as Kauri.
Cowrie
Cowrie Cow"rie Cowry Cow"ry(kou"r[y^]), n.; pl. Cowries (-r[i^]z). [Hind. kaur[imac].] (Zo["o]l.) A marine shell of the genus Cypr[ae]a. Note: There are numerous species, many of them ornamental. Formerly C. moneta and several other species were largely used as money in Africa and some other countries, and they are still so used to some extent. The value is always trifling, and varies at different places.

Meaning of Cowrie from wikipedia

- Cowrie or cowry (pl. cowries) is the common name for a group of small to large sea snails in the family Cypraeidae. The term porcelain derives from the...
- Cowrie is a medium interaction SSH and Telnet honeypot designed to log brute force attacks and s**** interaction performed by an attacker. Cowrie also...
- The Uganda Cowries, also known as the Uganda Missionaries, were the first adhesive postage stamps of Uganda. Because there was no printing press in Uganda...
- Cowrie-s**** divination refers to several distinct forms of divination using cowrie s**** that are part of the rituals and religious beliefs of certain...
- ring cowrie, ring top cowrie, or gold ring cowrie, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries. The...
- known as the tiger cowrie, is a species of cowry, a large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries. The tiger cowry was...
- commonly called the e**** cowrie, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries. Two subspecies are recognized :...
- as president. The wandering cowrie is featured on the obverse background of the $10 banknote, the most-commonly found cowrie in Singapore. Its reverse carries...
- the starting position, cowrie are placed on the third and sixth ranks. Seeds are placed at the right side of lords. The cowrie s**** moves one space forward...
- Lamarck's cowrie, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries. The s**** of these common cowries reach...