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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A bolt- or screw-nut with wing-like projections; a thumb-nut; a finger-nut.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun any tree of the genus Pterocarya; fruit is a small winged nutlet; Caucasus to southeastern Asia
  • noun a threaded nut with winglike projections for thumb and forefinger leverage in turning

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