资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

   {Money bill} (Legislation), a bill for raising revenue.

   {Money broker}, a broker who deals in different kinds of
      money; one who buys and sells bills of exchange; -- called
      also {money changer}.

   {Money cowrie} (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of
      {Cypr[ae]a} (esp. {C. moneta}) formerly much used as money
      by savage tribes. See {Cowrie}.

   {Money of account}, a denomination of value used in keeping
      accounts, for which there may, or may not, be an
      equivalent coin; e. g., the mill is a money of account in
      the United States, but not a coin.

   {Money order}, an order for the payment of money;
      specifically, a government order for the payment of money,
      issued at one post office as payable at another; -- called
      also {postal money order}.

Cypraea \Cy*pr[ae]"a\ (s?-pr?"?), n. [NL.; cf. Gr. ???? a name
   of Venus.] (Zo["o]l.)
   A genus of mollusks, including the cowries. See {Cowrie}.

资料来源 : WordNet®

Cypraea
     n : type genus of the family Cypraeidae: the typical cowries
         [syn: {genus Cypraea}]