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Know
your Cowries
by Betty Hunter
- What two cowries need a set
of dentures apiece?
Cypraea edentula, C. teuleri
- What cowrie seems amiable
and very sociable?
C. friendii
- What cowrie is most in need
of a flea bath?
C. pulicaria
- What cowrie might be found
in Ft. Knox?
C. aurantium
- What cowrie describes a heavenly
choir?
C. angelicae
- What cowrie seems perplexed
and indecisive?
C. hesitata
- What cowrie gives its name
to one of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales?
C. reevei
- Eight cowries might inhabit
a zoo. Name five of them.
C. cervus, C. camelopardalis, C. tigris, C. pantherina, C.
lynx, C.zebra, C. ocellata, C. rhinoceros, C. cervinetta
- What cowrie might be described
as secretive?
C. clandestina
- What cowrie shares the name
of a camera, suggesting that the camera/cowrie can see with
a hundred eyes?
C. argus
- What melancholy cowrie might
need psychiatric help?
C. depressa
- What cowrie might easily avoid
capture or detection?
C. eludens
- What cowrie suggests the two
times a year when day and night are of equal length?
C. aequinoctialis
- What cowrie names a benefactress
of Columbus?
C. isabella
- What cowrie might visit a
soup kitchen or a restaurant very frequently?
C. hungerfordi
- What cowrie takes a whole
season for a vacation?
C. summersi
- What cowrie might serve as
a steersman for a racing shell, directing the rowers?
C. coxi (cox is a variant of coxswain)
- What cowrie names the air
sacs in the lungs?
C. alveolus
- Two of these cowries are often
part of a wedding ceremony.
C. annulus
- What two cowries suggest the
part of a page of a book outside the print?
C. marginalis
- Which cowrie may be obtained
in a bar or lounge?
C. marginata
- What cowrie gives its name
to a dreaded bacteria often found in clusters like a bunch
of grapes?
C. staphylaea
- What cowrie might be described
as "a good egg"?
C. ovum
- What cowrie would most likely
be found in bus stations, train stations, or on a safari?
C. porteri
- What cowrie suggests a common
household pet?
C. felina
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