a small shiny shell that was used as money in the past in parts of Africa and Asia 宝贝贝壳(旧时亚非部分地区用作货币的小贝壳) Oxford Collocations DictionaryCowrie is used before these nouns:- shell
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from Hindi kauṛī.
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