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Definition of Turtle cowrie

Turtle cowrie
1. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of the numerous species of Testudinata, especially a sea turtle, or chelonian. Note: In the United States the land and fresh-water tortoises are also called turtles. 2. (Printing) The curved plate in which the form is held in a type-revolving cylinder press. Alligator turtle, Box turtle, etc. See under Alligator, Box, etc. green turtle (Zo["o]l.), a marine turtle of the genus Chelonia, having usually a smooth greenish or olive-colored shell. It is highly valued for the delicacy of its flesh, which is used especially for turtle soup. Two distinct species or varieties are known; one of which (Chelonia Midas) inhabits the warm part of the Atlantic Ocean, and sometimes weighs eight hundred pounds or more; the other (C. virgata) inhabits the Pacific Ocean. Both species are similar in habits and feed principally on seaweed and other marine plants, especially the turtle grass. Turtle cowrie (Zo["o]l.), a large, handsome cowrie (Cypr[ae]a testudinaria); the turtle-shell; so called because of its fancied resemblance to a tortoise in color and form. Turtle grass (Bot.), a marine plant (Thalassia testudinum) with grasslike leaves, common about the West Indies. Turtle shell, tortoise shell. See under Tortoise.

Meaning of Turtle cowrie from wikipedia

- grown turtle, Magnus carves "J+M" inside a heart on the turtle's s**** while Jennie makes a cowrie s**** necklace for Magnus. The scene then shifts to young...
- today as Montreal, Quebec. There, the Nation found a "turtle-shaped island" marked by miigis (cowrie) s****. The Nation grew to a large number and spread...
- objects struck by lightning Garment: red cloth with printed white squares or cowrie s**** Necklace or Elekes: white and red beads Archetype: power, dominance...
- Whites**** Provincial Park, Canada. Whites**** Park is named after the white cowrie s**** used by some Anishinaabe peoples in ceremonies. The natural landscape...
- records of people from Sri Lanka emigrating to the Maldives. ****uming that cowrie s**** come from the Maldives, historians believe that there may have been...
- artifacts and "paranormal" events. He has a crush on a classmate Hurly. Connie Cowrie (voiced by Nicole Bouma) is a money cowry who works at the Charming Clam...
- of 10 April 2017. The earliest form of currency used in the Maldives was cowrie s**** (Cypraea moneta) and historical accounts of travellers indicate that...
- Before coinage, when s**** of Cypraea moneta (money cowrie) were used as currency in the Maldives, it was valued as follows: 5 pieces = 1 agi; 25 agi...
- they encountered. According to Ojibwe oral history, seven great miigis (Cowrie s****) appeared to them in the Waabanakiing (Land of the Dawn, i.e., Eastern...
- up to 90 cm (35 in) or even more than 120 cm (47 in). The largest known cowrie is Vicetia bizzottoi, with s**** length of 33.5 cm (13.2 in). Pebasiconcha...