CYPRAEA MONETA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Cypraea moneta mean? 

• CYPRAEA MONETA (noun)
  The noun CYPRAEA MONETA has 1 sense:

1. cowrie whose shell is used for money in parts of the southern Pacific and in parts of Africa

  Familiarity information: CYPRAEA MONETA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CYPRAEA MONETA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cowrie whose shell is used for money in parts of the southern Pacific and in parts of Africa

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Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Cypraea moneta; money cowrie

Hypernyms ("Cypraea moneta" is a kind of...):

cowrie; cowry (any of numerous tropical marine gastropods of the genus Cypraea having highly polished usually brightly marked shells)