Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A gastropod of the family Strom-hidæ: so called from the alate lip of the aperture. See also cut under Strombus.
  • noun A bivalve of the family Aviculidæ; a hammer-oyster.
  • noun A pteropod or wing-snail.
  • noun A wing-case or wing-cover.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun Any one of various species of marine bivalve shells belonging to the genus Avicula, in which the hinge border projects like a wing.
  • noun Any marine gastropod shell of the genus Strombus. See strombus.
  • noun Any pteropod shell.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun Any of various species of marine bivalve shells belonging to the genus Avicula, in which the hinge border projects like a wing.
  • noun Any marine gastropod shell of the genus Strombus.
  • noun Any pteropod shell.

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Examples

  • A nail; claw; hoof, (Heb. sheheleth; Ex. 30: 34), a Latin word applied to the operculum, i.e., the claw or nail of the strombus or wing-shell, a univalve common in the Red Sea.

    Easton's Bible Dictionary M.G. Easton 1897

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