tiger cowrie

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   cowrie whose shell is used for ornament

   SynonymsCypraea tigris

   Broadercowrie

Questions about tiger cowrie

What does tiger cowrie mean?

tiger cowrie means "cowrie whose shell is used for ornament".

What is another word for tiger cowrie?

Close synonyms include Cypraea tigris. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is tiger cowrie a common word?

tiger cowrie is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.