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wing-shells

wing-shells is the plural of wing-shell.

Meaning of wing-shell

Noun

wing-shell (plural wing-shells)

  1. Any of various species of marine bivalve shells formerly belonging to the genus Avicula (no longer accepted), now a synonym of Pteria, with species assigned to several genera, in which the hinge border projects like a wing.
  2. Any marine gastropod shell formerly in the genus Strombus, with species now assigned to several genera, principally in the family Strombidae.
  3. (archaic) Any pteropod shell.

Questions about wing-shells

What is wing-shells the plural of?
Wing-shells is the plural of wing-shell.

Words near wing-shells in the dictionary

  1. wing-handed
  2. wing-nut
  3. wing-nuts
  4. wing-play
  5. wing-shell
  6. wing-shells
  7. wing-shot
  8. wing-shots
  9. wing-tip
  10. Wingadee
  11. Wingan River

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