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 genusAvicula , 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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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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