Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Cypraea"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)



{Money bill} (Legislation), a bill for raising revenue.

{Money broker}, a broker who deals in different kinds of
money; one who buys and sells bills of exchange; -- called
also {money changer}.

{Money cowrie} (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of
{Cypr[ae]a} (esp. {C. moneta}) formerly much used as money
by savage tribes. See {Cowrie}.

{Money of account}, a denomination of value used in keeping
accounts, for which there may, or may not, be an
equivalent coin; e. g., the mill is a money of account in
the United States, but not a coin.

{Money order}, an order for the payment of money;
specifically, a government order for the payment of money,
issued at one post office as payable at another; -- called
also {postal money order}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

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


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