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  1. Cowrie - Wikipedia

    Cowrie or cowry (pl. cowries) is the common name for a group of small to large sea snails in the family Cypraeidae. Cowrie shells have held cultural, economic, and ornamental significance in …

  2. Cowrie | Sea Snail, Shells, Mollusk | Britannica

    Cowrie, any of several marine snails of the subclass Prosobranchia (class Gastropoda) comprising the genus Cypraea, family Cypraeidae. The humped, thick shell is beautifully …

  3. Cowrie SSH/Telnet Honeypot - GitHub

    What is Cowrie Cowrie is a medium to high interaction SSH and Telnet honeypot designed to log brute force attacks and the shell interaction performed by the attacker.

  4. Cowries, Family Cypraeidae

    Jan 3, 2026 · Hawaii has many endemic cowries, prized by collectors around the world. Some are rare such as live-collected Ostergaard's cowries worth several thousand dollars. For unknown …

  5. The Famous Cowrie - critter.science

    Nov 27, 2024 · The cowrie, aka cowry, is a sea snail in the family Cypraeidae. Their shells have almost become synonymous with beach life. They have held cultural, economic, and …

  6. COWRIE Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    The meaning of COWRIE is any of various marine gastropods (family Cypraeidae) that are widely distributed in warm seas and have glossy and often brightly colored shells; also : the shell of a …

  7. Cowries, Their Beautiful, Valuable Shells and Money | Sea ...

    Cowries are marine gastropods from the family Cypraeidae found in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. They have shiny, patterned shells much sought after by collectors. When the animal …

  8. COWRIE | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

    Beads of hard cheese, two inches in diameter, are strung like a necklace of cowrie shells or a rosary, fifty to a hundred on a string.

  9. Cowrie - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

    A cowrie is a marine mollusk, a sea creature with a bright, glossy shell. The largest number of cowries live in the Indian Ocean.

  10. Cypraeidae - Wikipedia

    Cypraeidae, commonly named the cowries (sg. cowry or cowrie), is a taxonomic family of small to large sea snails. These are marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Cypraeoidea, the …