Definition of Money cowrie

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

Exact synonyms: Cypraea Moneta
Generic synonyms: Cowrie, Cowry

Lexicographical Neighbors of Money Cowrie

money-market fund
money-spinner
money-spinning
money bag
money bags
money belt
money bomb
money box
money broker
money can't buy happiness
money changer
money changers
money changing
money chest
money clip
money cowrie (current term)
money cowry
money dealer
money doesn't grow on trees
money for jam
money for old rope
money goggles
money handler
money laundering
money machine
money machines
money maker
money market
money market fund
money markets

Literary usage of Money cowrie

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

1. Trukese-English Dictionary by Ward Hunt Goodenough, Hiroshi Sugita (1980)
"(be) short of money. money cowrie shell: ... any small cowrie shell (family Cypraeidae), including the money cowrie. money-matching ..."

2. The Antiquary (1880)
"INDIAN MONEY-COWRIE" IN A BRITISH BARROW (p. 30). ... common " money-cowrie" is found all over India and the Pacific Ocean, but never on the British coasts, ..."

3. The Book of Shells: Containing the Classes Mollusca, Conchifera, Cirrhipeda (1837)
"THE money cowrie, (Cypraea moneta.) THE money cowrie of Guinea is very common on the Indian and African coasts; and is used by many of the inhabitants of ..."

4. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by Anna Lorraine Guthrie, Marion A. Knight, H.W. Wilson Company, Estella E. Painter (1920)
"Nature 98:48-9 S 21 •16 Pre-Columbian use of the money-cowrie In America: with rejoinder by JW Jackson. HN Wardle. Nature 98:308-10 D 21 '16 Shell mound«. ..."

5. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1880)
"INDIAN MONEY-COWRIE" IN A BRITISH HARROW (p. 30). ... friend informed him that the common "money-cowrie" is found all over India and the Pacific Ocean, ..."

6. Money by Charles Moran (1863)
"Many things have been used at different times as money: cowrie shells in Africa ; wampum by the American Indians ; cattle in ancient Greece. ..."

7. The World Book: Organized Knowledge in Story and Picture edited by Michael Vincent O'Shea, Ellsworth D. Foster, George Herbert Locke (1917)
"Dainty little charms such as beads, bracelets and brooches are also made from the small blue-black money cowrie. The small shells used as money need only to ..."

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