cypraea

English Thesaurus

1. type genus of the family Cypraeidae: the typical cowries (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	mollusk genus,
definition	:	a genus of mollusks (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	cowrie, cowry,
definition	:	any of numerous tropical marine gastropods of the genus Cypraea having highly polished usually brightly marked shells (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	cypraeidae, family cypraeidae,
definition	:	family of marine gastropods comprising the cowries (noun.animal)