Cypraea

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cypraea \Cy*pr[ae]"a\ (s?-pr?"?), n. [NL.; cf. Gr. ???? a name
     of Venus.] (Zool.)
     A genus of mollusks, including the cowries. See {Cowrie}.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  Cypraea
       n : type genus of the family Cypraeidae: the typical cowries
           [syn: {genus Cypraea}]