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Cow"-pi`lot (kou"pī`lŭt),
n. (Zoöl.) A handsomely
banded, coral-reef fish, of Florida and the West Indies
(Pomacentrus saxatilis); -- called also
mojarra.

Cow"pock` (-p&obreve;k`), n.
See Cowpox. Dunglison.

Cow"pox` (-p&obreve;ks`), n.
(Med.) A pustular eruptive disease of the cow, which,
when communicated to the human system, as by vaccination,
protects from the smallpox; vaccinia; -- called also
kinepox, cowpock, and kinepock.
Dunglison.

Cow"quake` (-kwāk`), n.
(Bot.) A genus of plants (Briza); quaking
grass.

Cow"rie (-r&ybreve;), n.
(Bot.) Same as Kauri.

{ Cow"rie Cow"ry } (kou"r&ybreve;),
n.; pl. Cowries (-
r&ibreve;z). [Hind. kaurī.] (Zoöl.)
A marine shell of the genus Cypræa.

&fist; There are numerous species, many of them ornamental.


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