| 单词 | orange cowrie |
| 释义 | > as lemmasorange cowrie orange cowrie n. a large cowrie of the Pacific area, Cypraea aurantium, with an orange shell; also called golden cowrie. ΚΠ 1837 Penny Cycl. VIII. 255/1 Under this division of the sub-genus Mr. Gray arranges twenty-seven species, including some of the rarest forms,—Cypræa Aurora (the Morning Dawn, or Orange Cowry), [etc.]. 1918 Science 15 Feb. 165/2 The rare Orange Cowry, used by the natives of Fiji and New Caledonia as a badge of royalty. 1971 S. P. Dance Seashells 114 Next to the Glory-of-the-Sea Cone the most familiar shell rarity is the Golden Cowry (also known as the Morning Dawn or Orange Cowry). < as lemmas |
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