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cowpie
English
Etymology
cow +? pie
Noun
cowpie (plural cowpies)
- A single pile of cow excrement.
- Synonyms: cow pat, meadow muffin
Translations
See also
- buffalo chip
- horse biscuit
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cowrie
English
Alternative forms
- cowry
Etymology
Mid-17th century, borrowed from Hindi ????? (kau??).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ka?.?i/
- Rhymes: -a??i
Noun
cowrie (plural cowries)
- A small gastropod (Monetaria moneta, syn. Cypraea moneta) common in the Indian Ocean; its shell.
- (by extension, dated) Any gastropod of the genus Cypraea; its shell.
- (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
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