money cowry
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[edit]![A picture of money cowries, three shells lined up in a horizontal row](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Monetaria_moneta_%28MNHN-IM-2000-3666%29.jpeg/220px-Monetaria_moneta_%28MNHN-IM-2000-3666%29.jpeg)
Noun
[edit]money cowry (plural money cowries)
- A mollusc of the species Monetaria moneta (syn. Cypraea moneta), the shells of which were formerly used as money by populations in Asia, Africa, and Oceania.
Translations
[edit]mollusc of the species Monetaria moneta
References
[edit]Monetaria moneta on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Erosariinae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Monetaria moneta on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons