From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Cypraea \Cy*pr[ae]"a\ (s?-pr?"?), n. [NL.; cf. Gr. ???? a name of Venus.] (Zool.) A genus of mollusks, including the cowries. See Cowrie. [1913 Webster]From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :
Cypraea n 1: type genus of the family Cypraeidae: the typical cowries [syn: Cypraea, genus Cypraea]