small, glossy shell, used as money from ancient times to 20c. in parts of Asia, 1660s, from Hindi and Urdu kauri, from Mahrati kavadi, from Sanskrit kaparda, which is perhaps related to Tamil kotu "shell."
cowl
cowlick
co-worker
Cowper's gland
cow-pox
cowrie
cowslip
Cox
coxa
coxal
coxcomb
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