cowry

English Thesaurus

1. any of numerous tropical marine gastropods of the genus Cypraea having highly polished usually brightly marked shells (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	gastropod, univalve,
definition	:	a class of mollusks typically having a one-piece coiled shell and flattened muscular foot with a head bearing stalked eyes (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	cypraea moneta, money cowrie,
definition	:	cowrie whose shell is used for money in parts of the southern Pacific and in parts of Africa (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	cypraea tigris, tiger cowrie,
definition	:	cowrie whose shell is used for ornament (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	cypraea, genus cypraea,
definition	:	type genus of the family Cypraeidae: the typical cowries (noun.animal)