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WING-SHELL

\wˈɪŋʃˈɛl], \wˈɪŋʃˈɛl], \w_ˈɪ_ŋ_ʃ_ˈɛ_l]\

Definitions of WING-SHELL

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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Any pteropod shell.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

Any pteropod shell.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

n. The case or shell which covers the wing of a coleopterous insect, as a. beetle :Âalso written wing-case.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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