"wing-shell" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: wing-shells [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} wing-shell (plural wing-shells)
  1. Any of various species of marine bivalve shells formerly belonging to the no longer accepted genus Avicula, now a synonym of Pteria, with species assigned to several genera, in which the hinge border projects like a wing. Categories (lifeform): Littorinimorphs
    Sense id: en-wing-shell-en-noun-XewcaPD~ Disambiguation of Littorinimorphs: 36 36 28 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 35 17 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 36 44 20 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 46 33 21
  2. Any marine gastropod shell formerly in the genus Strombus, with species now assigned to several genera, principally in the family Strombidae. Categories (lifeform): Littorinimorphs
    Sense id: en-wing-shell-en-noun-T8JNV~Jo Disambiguation of Littorinimorphs: 36 36 28 Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 36 44 20
  3. (archaic) Any pteropod shell. Tags: archaic Categories (lifeform): Littorinimorphs
    Sense id: en-wing-shell-en-noun-L1Yot4xl Disambiguation of Littorinimorphs: 36 36 28 Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 36 44 20

Inflected forms

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