different between cowie vs cowrie

English

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Noun

cowie (plural cowies)

1. (Britain, Northumbria) A pill, especially of ecstasy.
2. (Britain, Northumbria) Left-hander.

Derived terms

• cowie-handed

References

• A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, ?ISBN

English

Alternative forms

• cowry

Etymology

Mid-17th century, borrowed from Hindi ????? (kau??).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ka?.?i/
• Rhymes: -a??i

Noun

cowrie (plural cowries)

1. A small gastropod (Monetaria moneta, syn. Cypraea moneta) common in the Indian Ocean; its shell.
2. (by extension, dated) Any gastropod of the genus Cypraea; its shell.
3. (by extension) Any gastropod of the family Cypraeidae; its shell.

Synonyms

• (Monetaria moneta): money cowrie
• (shell of M. moneta): shell money, wampum

Derived terms

• kernel cowrie (Nucleolaria nucleus)
• measled cowrie (Macrocypaea zebra)
• money cowrie (Monetaria moneta, syn. Cypraea moneta)
• nucleus cowrie (Nucleolaria nucleus)
• panther cowrie (Cypraea pantherina)
• ring cowrie (Monetaria annulus, syn. Cypraea annulus)
• tiger cowrie (Cypraea tigris)
• turtle cowrie (Chelycypraea testudinaria, syn. Cypraea testudinaria)
• wrinkled cowrie (Nucleolaria nucleus)

Translations

References

• cowrie on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Cypraeidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• “cowrie | cowry, n.”, in OED Online ?, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1893

Anagrams

• cowier