1. small cylindrical beads made from polished shells and fashioned into strings or belts; used by certain Native American peoples as jewelry or currency; [syn: wampum, peag, wampumpeag]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
wampumpeag
n 1: small cylindrical beads made from polished shells and
fashioned into strings or belts; used by certain Native
American peoples as jewelry or currency [syn: wampum,
peag, wampumpeag]