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Meaning of money cowry | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

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.

Equivalents

Suomi kaurikotilo
Français cauri
Polski monetka

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

money crop money dance money disorder money does not smell money doesn't grow on trees money dysmorphia

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