WING-SHELL

n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
n.

Any one of various species of marine bivalve shells belonging to the genus Avicula, in which the hinge border projects like a wing.

2.
n.

Any marine gastropod shell of the genus Strombus. See Strombus.

3.
n.

Any pteropod shell.

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