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Meaning of WING-SHELL

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Wing"-shell`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) Any one of various species of marine bivalve shells
    belonging to the genus {Avicula}, in which the hinge
    border projects like a wing.
(b) Any marine gastropod shell of the genus {Strombus}. See
    {Strombus}.
(c) Any pteropod shell.
 
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