cowrie造句
(1) The cowrie concentrates its secretion along the sides of the mantle, forming a shell like a loosely clenched fist.
(2) Because of their symbolic potency cowrie shells were often copied in precious metals.
(3) The link between cowries and eyes is documented by archaeology as well as ethnology.
(4) Clenched teeth of cowrie shells draped from her noble neck.
(5) Golden cowrie shells have been used as currency and religious symbols throughout the South Pacific.
(6) It is generally believed that the cowrie is a kind of currency and possesses the meaning of wealth.
(7) Golden cowrie shells are among the hardest shells to find and are prized by collectors.
(8) The golden cowrie is a marine snail named for its brilliant orange shell. It is among the largest of the world's 250 known cowrie species, reaching four inches (ten centimeters) in length.
(9) These lay down the marvellously patterned and polished surface characteristic of cowries.
(10) Not all fossils are shells of invertebrates like clams, oysters, cowries, and periwinkles.
(11) An ancient game of India similar to backgammon that uses cowrie shells instead of dice.
(12) A hundred years ago you could still pay your taxes in Uganda in cowrie shells.
(13) Other ships. Now, you see, when you fellows were shooting up the Cowrie.
(14) A Moken tribesman in Myanmar's Andaman Islands displays two large cowrie shells.
(15) Moken tribesman in Myanmar's Andaman Islands displays two large cowrie shells.
(16) The item that served as money over the broadest geographic area and the longest period of time was the cowrie shell.
(17) The banning of currency trading is the modern equivalent of replacing the coin of the Realm with cowrie shells.