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Wing-shell   Listen
noun
Wing-shell  n.  (Zool.)
(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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... any of the bivalved molluscs which adhere to rocks, as the Pinna, Mytilus, &c. The silken byssus of the great pinna, or wing-shell, is woven into dresses. In the Chama gigas it will sustain 1000 lbs. Also, the woolly substance found in damp parts of ...
— The Sailor's Word-Book • William Henry Smyth


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