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

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca