[kou-ree] 
| cow·rie or cow·ry (kou'rē) n. pl. cow·ries Any of various tropical marine gastropods of the family Cypraeidae, having glossy, often brightly marked shells, some of which are used as currency in the South Pacific and Africa. [Hindi kauṛī, from Sanskrit kapardikā, diminutive of kapardaḥ, shell, of Dravidian origin.] |
| cow·ry (kou'rē) n. Variant of cowrie. |
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