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cowries, dice [JV]
guest; a small shell, cowry [RY]
1) guest; 2) small shell/ cowry [IW]
(med) Cowrie shell, Cypraea moneta (Czaja may 2019, Yeshi 2017). 'gron bu dman pa / mchog, Inferior, superior Cowries. (Phrin Las 1987).
Cypraea is a genus of medium-sized to large sea snails or cowries, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries. Shell transforms into Aragonite, CaCO3 (mindat.org). Commonly collected in large quantities for shellcraft. Once used as a currency in Pacific and Indian Ocean countries (sealifebase). Johannes Schmidt (talk) 20:39, 27 November 2021 (UTC)