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Definition of cowrie:

(n) : a gastropod of the family Cypraeidae common to the Indian Ocean; the pyriform shell, of the cowrie, especially of the species money cowry (Cypraea moneta), formerly used as money in some areas
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Definition of cowrie:

(n) : a gastropod of the family Cypraeidae common to the Indian Ocean; the pyriform shell, of the cowrie, especially of the species money cowry (Cypraea moneta), formerly used as money in some areas

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