SINCE 1828
cockle
noun (1)
cock·le
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Definition of cockle
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: any of several weedy plants of the pink family
especially
: corn cockle
cockle
noun (2)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
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cockle
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cock·le
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: an edible shellfish with a shell that has two parts and is shaped like a heart
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