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Meaning:

Noun:

  • zoology See ''acorn-shell''.
  • nautical A cone-shaped piece of wood on the point of the spindle above the vane, on the mast-head.
  • The fruit of the oak, being an oval nut growing in a woody cup or cupule.

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