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cockleshell definition

cockle·shell (-s̸hel′)

noun

  1. the shell of a cockle
  2. loosely any bivalve shell of a marine mollusk
  3. any small, usually fragile, lightweight boat

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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