| NOUN | animal | Cypraea, genus Cypraea | type genus of the family Cypraeidae |
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| Meaning | type genus of the family Cypraeidae: the typical cowries. | |
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| Synonym | genus Cypraea | |
| Member of | Cypraeidae, family Cypraeidae | family of marine gastropods comprising the cowries |
| Members | cowrie, cowry | Any of numerous tropical marine gastropods of the genus Cypraea having highly polished usually brightly marked shells |
| Broader | mollusk genus | A genus of mollusks |