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Definition of Money cowrie
1. Noun. Cowrie whose shell is used for money in parts of the southern Pacific and in parts of Africa.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Money Cowrie
Literary usage of Money cowrie
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Trukese-English Dictionary by Ward Hunt Goodenough, Hiroshi Sugita (1980)
"(be) short of money. money cowrie shell: ... any small cowrie shell (family
Cypraeidae), including the money cowrie. money-matching ..."
2. The Antiquary (1880)
"INDIAN MONEY-COWRIE" IN A BRITISH BARROW (p. 30). ... common " money-cowrie" is
found all over India and the Pacific Ocean, but never on the British coasts, ..."
3. The Book of Shells: Containing the Classes Mollusca, Conchifera, Cirrhipeda (1837)
"THE money cowrie, (Cypraea moneta.) THE money cowrie of Guinea is very common on
the Indian and African coasts; and is used by many of the inhabitants of ..."
4. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by Anna Lorraine Guthrie, Marion A. Knight, H.W. Wilson Company, Estella E. Painter (1920)
"Nature 98:48-9 S 21 •16 Pre-Columbian use of the money-cowrie In America: with
rejoinder by JW Jackson. HN Wardle. Nature 98:308-10 D 21 '16 Shell mound«. ..."
5. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1880)
"INDIAN MONEY-COWRIE" IN A BRITISH HARROW (p. 30). ... friend informed him that
the common "money-cowrie" is found all over India and the Pacific Ocean, ..."
6. Money by Charles Moran (1863)
"Many things have been used at different times as money: cowrie shells in Africa ;
wampum by the American Indians ; cattle in ancient Greece. ..."
7. The World Book: Organized Knowledge in Story and Picture edited by Michael Vincent O'Shea, Ellsworth D. Foster, George Herbert Locke (1917)
"Dainty little charms such as beads, bracelets and brooches are also made from
the small blue-black money cowrie. The small shells used as money need only to ..."
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