cowries

n.

宝贝科宝贝，（从前南亚和非洲部分地区作货币用的）货贝( cowrie的名词复数 )；宝贝，贝壳( cowry的名词复数 )；

1. A Moken tribesman in Myanmar's Andaman Islands displays two large cowrie shells.
   缅甸安达曼群岛上，一位莫肯族人手里展示了两枚大货贝。

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Horses, Silver, and Cowries: Yunnan in Global Perspective
Direct development in Southern Australian cowries (Gastropoda : Cypraeidae)
Molecular systematics of cowries (Gastropoda: Cypraeidae) and diversification patterns in the tropics
Geographic Variation and Heterochrony in Two Species of Cowries (Genus cypraea)
Of Small Things Remembered: Beads, Cowries, and Cultural Translations of the Atlantic Experience in Yorubaland
Antimicrobial activity in the tissue extracts of five species of cowries Cypraea spp. (Mollusca: Gastropoda) and an ascidian Didemnu...