Definition of Cypraea moneta

1. Noun. Cowrie whose shell is used for money in parts of the southern Pacific and in parts of Africa.

Exact synonyms: Money Cowrie
Generic synonyms: Cowrie, Cowry

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cypraea Moneta

Cynoscion nebulosus
Cynoscion regalis
Cynthia
Cynwulf
Cyon
Cyon's nerve
Cyperaceae
Cyperus
Cyperus alternifolius
Cyperus esculentus
Cyperus longus
Cyperus papyrus
Cyperus rotundus
Cyphomandra
Cypraea
Cypraea moneta
Cypraea tigris
Cypraeidae
Cyprians
Cyprinodontidae
Cyprinus
Cyprinus carpio
Cypriot
Cypriot Arabic
Cypriot monetary unit
Cypriot pound
Cypriote
Cypriots
Cypripedium

Literary usage of Cypraea moneta

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Institutes of Economics: A Succinct Text-book of Political Economy : for the by Elisha Benjamin Andrews (1900)
"... nearly all over the world, especially in the shallow waters of the Indian Ocean. There are over 100 species. The one in question is the cypraea moneta ..."

2. The Cambridge Natural History by Arthur Everett Shipley, Sidney Frederic Harmer (1895)
"One of the commonest species thus employed is the ' money cowry ' (cypraea moneta, L.), which stands almost alone in being used entire, while nearly all the ..."

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