- edible cockle
- nouncommon edible European cockle• Syn: ↑Cardium edule• Hypernyms: ↑cockle• Part Meronyms: ↑cockle
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cockle — cockle1 [käk′əl] n. [ME cokel < OFr coquille, a blister, shell, cockle, altered (infl. by coq, COCK1) < L conchylium < Gr konchylion, shellfish < konchē: see CONCH] 1. any of a family (Cardiidae) of edible, marine bivalve mollusks… … English World dictionary
Cockle — may refer to: Cockle (bivalve), a group of edible saltwater clams (marine molluscs) Lolium temulentum, a tufted grass plant Berwick cockles, a confectionery from Scotland Cockleshell The Mark II canoes used in Operation Frankton in 1942 The… … Wikipedia
cockle — ► NOUN 1) an edible burrowing bivalve mollusc with a strong ribbed shell. 2) (also cockleshell) literary a small shallow boat. ● warm the cockles of one s heart Cf. ↑warm the cockles of one s heart DERIVATIVES … English terms dictionary
Cockle (bivalve) — For the plant, see Lolium temulentum. Cockle Live specimens of Cerastoderma edule from France Scientific classification Kingdom … Wikipedia
cockle — cockle1 /kok euhl/, n., v., cockled, cockling. n. 1. any bivalve mollusk of the genus Cardium, having somewhat heart shaped, radially ribbed valves, esp. C. edule, the common edible species of Europe. 2. any of various allied or similar mollusks … Universalium
cockle — 1. n. 1 a any edible mollusc of the genus Cardium, having a chubby ribbed bivalve shell. b its shell. 2 (in full cockle shell) a small shallow boat. Phrases and idioms: warm the cockles of one s heart make one contented; be satisfying. Etymology … Useful english dictionary
cockle — 1. noun /ˈkɒkl̩/ a) Any of various edible European bivalve mollusks, of the family Cardiidae, having heart shaped shells. b) The shell of such cockle. 2. verb /ˈkɒkl̩/ To … Wiktionary
cockle — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English coccel Date: before 12th century any of several weedy plants of the pink family; especially corn cockle II. noun Etymology: Middle English cokille, from Middle French coquille shell,… … New Collegiate Dictionary
cockle — /ˈkɒkəl / (say kokuhl) noun 1. any of the bivalve molluscs with somewhat heart shaped, radially ribbed valves which constitute the genus Cardium, especially C. edule, the common edible species of Europe. 2. any of the similar bivalve molluscs… …
cockle — [[t]kɒ̱k(ə)l[/t]] cockles N COUNT: usu pl Cockles are small edible shellfish … English dictionary
