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cowries

cowries
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cowry <cowry; cowries> N

cowrie N

cowrie shell

cowrie shells

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In a few species of ovulids, the shell quite closely resembles that of cowries.
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These cowries are rather elongated, smooth and shiny.
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Exchange was based largely on monetized currency involving cowries or gold and silver coins.
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The ornaments are made of cowries and conch shells.
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Cowries were used for transaction during the time of my forefathers.
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It was gold dust that weighed 4.6 grams equivalent to 500 or 3,000 cowries. 4.
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These cowries have a surface smooth and shiny.
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The jaws were removed and the faces covered with plaster; cowries were used as eyes.
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In the living cowries mantle and foot are quite developed, with external antennae.
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These beautiful cowries live from the intertidal zone to the deep reef, but they prefer shallow waters, near the intertidal rocky seabed.
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