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Re: Cowries
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NORA BRYAN <[log in to unmask]>
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Conchologists of America List <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Tue, 6 Jul 1999 09:34:47 -0600
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or , more aptly, why not 'piggeries' or 'swineries'

Helmut Nisters wrote:

> Why are Cowries called cowries and not horseries ? Any idea.
>
> Helmut
>
> Helmut Nisters
> Franz-Fischer-Str. 46
> A-6020 Innsbruck / Austria / Europe
> phone and fax: 0043 / 512 / 57 32 14
> e-mail: [log in to unmask]
> url: www.netwing.at/nisters/
>
> or
>
> Natural History Department of the
> Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum Innsbruck
> malacological collection
> Feldstr. 11a
> A-6020 Innsbruck / Austria / Europe
> phone: 0043 / 512 / 58 72 86-37

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