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    CYPRAEA TIGRIS

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Cowrie whose shell is used for ornamentplay

    Synonyms:

    Cypraea tigris; tiger cowrie

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("Cypraea tigris" 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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