Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

money cowry

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.44 in modern English

Syllables: mon-ey -cowry
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A mollusc of the species Monetaria moneta (syn. Cypraea moneta), the shells of which were formerly used as money by populations in Asia, Africa, and Oceania.

Inflected Forms

money cowries (plural)

Questions

What does money cowry mean?: A mollusc of the species Monetaria moneta (syn. Cypraea moneta), the shells of which were formerly used as money by populations in Asia, Africa, and Oceania.

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