cockle

(käkəl)

noun

  1. any of a family (Cardiidae) of edible, marine bivalve mollusks with two heart-shaped, radially ridged shells
  2. a cockleshell
  3. a wrinkle; pucker

Origin: ME cokel < OFr coquille, a blister, shell, cockle, altered (infl. by coq, cock) < L conchylium < Gr konchylion, shellfish < konchē: see conch

intransitive verb, transitive verb cockled, cockling

to wrinkle; pucker

Origin: Fr coquiller < the n.

noun

any of various weeds that grow in grainfields, as the corn cockle

Origin: ME cokkel < OE coccel, darnel, tares

See cockle in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. Any of various bivalve mollusks of the family Cardiidae, having rounded or heart-shaped shells with radiating ribs.
  2. The shell of a cockle.
  3. A wrinkle; a pucker.
  4. Nautical A cockleshell.
intr. & tr.v. cock·led, cock·ling, cock·les
To become or cause to become wrinkled or puckered.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English cokel

Origin: , from Old French coquille, shell

Origin: , from Vulgar Latin *cochillia

Origin: , from Latin conchyllium

Origin: , from Greek konkhulion

Origin: , diminutive of konkhē, mussel

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noun
Any of several weedy plants, especially the corn cockle.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English cokkel

Origin: , from Old English coccel

Origin: , from Medieval Latin *cocculus

Origin: , diminutive of Latin coccus, kermes berry

Origin: , from Greek kokkos

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