单词 | money cowrie |
释义 | > as lemmasmoney cowrie money cowrie n. the cowrie Cypraea moneta, formerly used as money (see cowrie n. 1). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Gastropoda > [noun] > superorder Branchifera > order Prosobranchiata > section Siphonostomata > family Cypraeidae > shell of cowrie argus-shell1750 cowrie1777 nutmeg cowrie1815 cowrie shell1817 money cowrie1826 1826 S. Stutchbury Jrnl. 26 May in Sci. in Sea of Commerce (1996) 86 In the shallow water, immense quantity of Money cowry was observed. 1936 F. S. Russell & C. M. Yonge Seas (ed. 2) xvi. 349 The Money cowry..has been extensively used in almost every part of the world for purposes of exchange, the shells varying in value according to their size. 1983 Carfel Philippine Shell News Nov. 6 (title) Ancient money cowries. < as lemmas |
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