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Definition of Cypraea tigris
1. Noun. Cowrie whose shell is used for ornament.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cypraea Tigris
Literary usage of Cypraea tigris
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Descriptive Catalogue of Recent Shells: Arranged According to the Linnæan by Lewis Weston Dillwyn (1817)
"cypraea tigris. Lin. Syst. Nat. p. 1176. Martini, ip 330. t. 24. f. 232 to 234.
Born Mm. p. 182. t. 8. f. 7. Schroeter Einl. ip 111. Gmelin, p. 3408. ..."
2. Ocean World ...: A Description of the Sea & Its Living Inhabitants by Louis Figuier (1869)
"... elongate, and without operculum, and is well represented in cypraea tigris (Fig.
247). The cowries are found at a little distance from the shore, ..."
3. Journal of the Indian Archipelago and Eastern Asia (1847)
"... shell is too well known to require a formal description, the largest species
found here is the " cypraea tigris" which is prettily spotted with black, ..."
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