1. adverb. Late means near the end of a day, week, year, or other period of time. It was late in the afternoon. She had to work late at night. His autobiography was written late in life. The case is expected to end late next week. Since late last year the border area has been the scene of heavy fighting.
The cowry was the shell most widely used worldwide as shell money. It is most abundant in the Indian Ocean, and was collected in the Maldive Islands, in Sri Lanka, along the Malabar coast, in Borneo and on other East Indian islands, and in various parts of the African coast from Ras Hafun to Mozambique.
Gastropods and rostroconchs (Mollusca) from the Maxville Limestone (Upper Mississippian) in Ohio (1) freshwater pearly oyster Gastropoda univalves Pomacea flagellata apple snail (freshwater) Pachychilus glaphyrus jute snail (freshwater) Pachychilus indiorum jute snail (freshwater) Strombidae conchs (marine) Prunum sp.