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cockle

(käk′əl)

noun

any of a family (Cardiidae) of edible, marine bivalve mollusks with two heart-shaped, radially ridged shells
a cockleshell
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

Any of various bivalve mollusks of the family Cardiidae, having rounded or heart-shaped shells with radiating ribs.
The shell of a cockle.
A wrinkle; a pucker.
Nautical A cockleshell.

intr. & tr.v. cock·led, cock·ling, cock·les

To become or cause to become wrinkled or puckered.

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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

noun

Any of several weedy plants, especially the corn cockle.

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