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    CYPRAEA MONETA

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Cowrie whose shell is used for money in parts of the southern Pacific and in parts of Africaplay

    Synonyms:

    Cypraea moneta; money cowrie

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    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("Cypraea moneta" is a kind of...):

    cowrie; cowry (any of numerous tropical marine gastropods of the genus Cypraea having highly polished usually brightly marked shells)

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