Usually means: Small, glossy, marine mollusk shells.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (Cowry)

noun:  Alternative spelling of cowrie. [A small gastropod (Monetaria moneta, syn. Cypraea moneta) common in the Indian Ocean; its shell.]
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