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Wing-shell [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

The shell that covers the wing of insects.

Wing-shell [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Any one of various species of marine bivalve shells belonging to the genus Avicula, in which the hinge border projects like a wing.

2. Any marine gastropod shell of the genus Strombus. See Strombus.

3. Any pteropod shell.