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has gloss	(noun) cowrie whose shell is used for money in parts of the southern Pacific and in parts of Africa money cowrie, Cypraea moneta
has gloss	eng: Cypraea moneta, commonly known as the money cowry, is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries. The species is called money cowry because the shells were historically widely used in many Pacific and Indian Ocean countries as a form of exchange before coinage was in common usage. It is still used in divination rituals by some tropical African animist tribes.
lexicalization	eng: Cypraea moneta
lexicalization	eng: money cowrie
subclass of	(noun) any of numerous tropical marine gastropods of the genus Cypraea having highly polished usually brightly marked shells cowry, cowrie

Meaning
French
has gloss	fra: Le cauri (Cypraea moneta) est une variété de coquillages découverte aux îles Maldives et aux îles Soulou (entre les Philippines et Bornéo). Leur nom viendrait du mot sanskrit kaparda ou kapardika, transformé ensuite par les Anglais en cauri ou cowri. Utilisés comme monnaie, ils continuent aujourd'hui à être utilisés comme décorations et objets de divination.
lexicalization	fra: Cypraea moneta
Lithuanian
has gloss	lit: Monetinė kaurė – kaurinių (Cypraeidae) šeimos moliuskas. Dydis iki 2,5 cm.
lexicalization	lit: Monetinė kaurė
Polish
has gloss	pol: Cypraea moneta (Linnaeus, 1758) - gatunek porcelanki. Osiąga od 10 do 44 mm, standardowo około 20-25 mm. Najpospolitszy gatunek porcelanki, występuje na sporym obszarze, liczebność populacji szacowana jest na setki miliardów osobników.
lexicalization	pol: Cypraea moneta
Chinese
has gloss	zho: 黄宝螺（学名：），是中腹足目宝螺科宝螺属的一种。主要分布于韩国、马来西亚、印度尼西亚、中国大陆、台湾，常栖息在大量产于岩礁海岸的潮间带、潮间带。
lexicalization	zho: 黄宝螺

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