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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Cypraea \Cy*pr[ae]"a\ (s?-pr?"?), n. [NL.; cf. Gr. ???? a name
of Venus.] (Zo["o]l.)
A genus of mollusks, including the cowries. See Cowrie.
[1913 Webster]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Money bill (Legislation), a bill for raising revenue.
Money broker, a broker who deals in different kinds of
money; one who buys and sells bills of exchange; -- called
also money changer.
Money cowrie (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of
Cypr[ae]a (esp. C. moneta) formerly much used as money
by savage tribes. See Cowrie.
Money of account, a denomination of value used in keeping
accounts, for which there may, or may not, be an
equivalent coin; e. g., the mill is a money of account in
the United States, but not a coin.
Money order, an order for the payment of money;
specifically, a government order for the payment of money,
issued at one post office as payable at another; -- called
also postal money order.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Cypraea \Cy*pr[ae]"a\ (s?-pr?"?), n. [NL.; cf. Gr. ???? a name
of Venus.] (Zo["o]l.)
A genus of mollusks, including the cowries. See Cowrie.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
Cypraea
n : type genus of the family Cypraeidae: the typical cowries
[syn: genus Cypraea]
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
Cypraea
Translingual n.
(taxon genus family Cypraeidae cowries)
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
Cypraea
Translingual n.
(taxon genus family Cypraeidae cowries)
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
Cypraea
Translingual n.
(taxon genus family Cypraeidae cowries)
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