cockle
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Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old French coquille, from Vulgar Latin *cocchilia, form of Latin conchylia, from Ancient Greek κογχύλιον (konkhylion), diminutive of κογχύλη (konkhylès, “mussel”).
Noun[edit]
Wikipedia cockle (plural cockles)
- Any of various edible European bivalve mollusks, of the family Cardiidae, having heart-shaped shells.
- The shell of such a mollusk.
- (in the plural) One’s innermost feelings (only in the expression “the cockles of one’s heart”).
- (directly from French coquille) A wrinkle, pucker
- hence A defect in sheepskin; firm dark nodules caused by the bites of keds on live sheep
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Translations[edit]
any of various edible European bivalve mollusks
the shell of the cockle
one’s innermost feelings
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a defect in sheepskin
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Verb[edit]
cockle (third-person singular simple present cockles, present participle cockling, simple past and past participle cockled)
- To cause to contract into wrinkles or ridges, as some kinds of cloth after a wetting; to pucker.
Etymology 2[edit]
Wikispecies From Old English coccel, perhaps from a diminutive of Latin coccus (“berry”)
Noun[edit]
cockle (plural cockles)
- Any of several field weeds, such as the corn cockle, Agrostemma githago, and Lolium temulentum.
Synonyms[edit]
- (Lolium temulentum): darnel, false wheat
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Translations[edit]
corn cockle — see corn cockle
any of several weeds, such as the corn cockle
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