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On one dusty street, 81-year-old James Cowry opened the door, surprised to be receiving visitors.

From The Guardian • Oct. 29, 2018

Cowry shells have also been employed, both in the Persian Gulf and the Pacific, to decorate the bows of boats, probably for the dual purpose of representing eyes and conferring vitality upon the vessel.

From The Evolution of the Dragon by Smith, G. Elliot

We afterwards learned that they were known to science as Cyproe Artoca, or European Cowry.

From From John O'Groats to Land's End by Naylor, Robert

Bending over the glass cases, the gallant lad was already muttering choice words from the naturalist's vocabulary: class Gastropoda, family Buccinoidea, genus Cowry, species Cypraea madagascariensis, etc.

From Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Walter, F. P.