Associations to the word «Cowry»

Wiktionary

COWRY, noun. Any of the marine molluscs of the genus Cypraea.
COWRY, noun. The money cowry, Cypraea moneta.

Dictionary definition

COWRY, noun. Any of numerous tropical marine gastropods of the genus Cypraea having highly polished usually brightly marked shells.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats