cowrienoun [ C ]
also cowry uk/ˈkaʊ.ri/us/ˈkaʊr.i/a small sea creature with a soft body and a brightly coloured shell, or the shell itself used in the past as money in parts of Africa and southern Asia:
a cowrie shell
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Sea creatures
- abalone
- amphipod
- barnacle
- bivalve
- cephalopod
- crayfish
- crustacean
- cuttlefish
- echinoderm
- jellyfish
- mussel
- octopus
- oyster
- periwinkle
- prawn
- shrimp
- squid
- starfish
- teredo
- trilobite
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