cockle

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cock·le | \ ˈkä-kəl

Definition of cockle

(Entry 1 of 3)

: any of several weedy plants of the pink family especially : corn cockle

cockle

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Definition of cockle (Entry 2 of 3)

1 : any of various chiefly marine bivalve mollusks (family Cardiidae) having a shell with convex radially ribbed valves especially : a common edible European bivalve (Cerastoderma edule synonym Cardium edule)

2 : cockleshell

cockle

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Definition of cockle (Entry 3 of 3)

: pucker, wrinkle

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History and Etymology for cockle

Noun (1)

Middle English, from Old English coccel

Noun (2)

Middle English cokille, from Middle French coquille shell, modification of Latin conchylia, plural of conchylium, from Greek konchylion, from konchē conch

Noun (3)

Middle English kokell, ultimately from Middle French coquillé wavy or rounded like a shell, from coquille