Meaning Of The Word Cockle
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cockle
Cockles are small edible shellfish. cockle in American English 1 any of a family (Cardiidae) of edible, marine bivalve mollusks with two heart-shaped, radially ridged shells to wrinkle; pucker noun: any bivalve mollusk of the genus Cardium, having somewhat heart-shaped, radially ribbed valves, esp. C. edule, the common edible species of Europe cockle in American English 2 any of various weeds that grow in grainfields, as the corn cockle noun: a weed, as the darnel Lolium temulentum, or rye grass, L. perenne cockle in British English 1 noun: any sand-burrowing bivalve mollusc of the family Cardiidae, esp Cardium edule ( edible cockle) of Europe, typically having a rounded shell with radiating ribs cockle in British English 2 noun: any of several plants, esp the corn cockle, that grow as weeds in cornfields |
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