Cowries

Cowries
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}. [1913 Webster]

Note: There are numerous species, many of them ornamental. Formerly {Cypr[ae]a 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. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

Игры ⚽ Нужно решить контрольную?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • cowries — cow·rie || kaÊŠrɪ n. type of sea snailn. type of sea snail …   English contemporary dictionary

  • Uganda Cowries — Infobox RareStamps common name = Uganda Missionaries A pair of Uganda Missionaries showing a typed over correction by Millar. country of production = British Protectorate of Uganda location of production = Kampala, Kingdom of Buganda date of… …   Wikipedia

  • Uganda Cowries —  Pour l’article homonyme, voir émission des missionnaires.  Une paire de 50 cauris. Les Uganda Cowries ou émissions des mis …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Uganda Cowries — Zwei Briefmarken zu 50 Cowries, bei der Linken wurde ein Fehler durch Überdruck ausgebessert. Als Uganda Cowries werden die ersten ab März 1895 in Uganda herausgegebenen Briefmarken genannt. Das englische Wort cowrie bezeichnet die früher unter… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Cypraeidae — A living Cypraea chinensis with mantle fully extended …   Wikipedia

  • Bernaya — Barycypraea Barycypraea fultoni massieri Systematik Überordnung: Caenogastropoda Ord …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Cowry — Not to be confused with kauri. A print from 1845 shows cowry shells being used as money by an Arab trader. Cowry, also sometimes spelled cowrie, plural cowries, is the common name for a group of small to large sea snails, marine gastropod… …   Wikipedia

  • Shell money — Chinese shell money, 16 8th century BCE. Shell money is a medium of exchange that was once common. It consisted either of whole sea shells or pieces of them which were worked into beads or otherwise artificially shaped. The use of shells in trade …   Wikipedia

  • Émission des missionnaires (Ouganda) — Uganda Cowries  Pour l’article homonyme, voir émission des missionnaires.  Une paire de 50 cauris. Les Ug …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Émission des missionnaires (timbre d'Ouganda) — Uganda Cowries  Pour l’article homonyme, voir émission des missionnaires.  Une paire de 50 cauris. Les Ug …   Wikipédia en Français

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”