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  • cockle-shell — …   Useful english dictionary

  • Cockle (bivalve) — For the plant, see Lolium temulentum. Cockle Live specimens of Cerastoderma edule from France Scientific classification Kingdom …   Wikipedia

  • 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 — [14] The cockle is related etymologically to another mollusc, the conch: they both began life in Greek kónkhē – which meant ‘mussel’ as well as ‘conch’. From this was formed the diminutive konkhúlion ‘small variety of conch’ – hence ‘cockle’. The …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • cockle — [14] The cockle is related etymologically to another mollusc, the conch: they both began life in Greek kónkhē – which meant ‘mussel’ as well as ‘conch’. From this was formed the diminutive konkhúlion ‘small variety of conch’ – hence ‘cockle’. The …   Word origins

  • shell — n. & v. n. 1 a the hard outer case of many marine molluscs (cockle shell). b the esp. hard but fragile outer covering of a bird s, reptile s, etc. egg. c the usu. hard outer case of a nut kernel, seed, etc. d the carapace of a tortoise, turtle,… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Cockle Creek (Tasmania) — Cockle Creek Tasmania Cockle creek Coordinates …   Wikipedia

  • Cockle Creek Power Station — Country Australia Location Teralba, New South Wales Status Decommissioned Commission date 11 March 1927 Decommission date March 1976 …   Wikipedia

  • Shell Beach, Western Australia — Shell Beach is a beach and locality in the Shark Bay region of Western Australia, 45 kilometres south east of Denham.It covers a 110 km long stretch of coast along the L Haridon Bight. It is one of only two beaches in the world made entirely from …   Wikipedia

  • Cockle — Coc kle (k[o^]k k l), n. [OE. cockes cockles, AS. s[=ae]coccas sea cockles, prob, from Celtic; cf. W. cocs cockles, Gael. cochull husk. Perh. influenced by F. coquille shell, a dim. from the root of E. conch. Cf. {Coach}.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) A bivalve …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Cockle hat — Cockle Coc kle (k[o^]k k l), n. [OE. cockes cockles, AS. s[=ae]coccas sea cockles, prob, from Celtic; cf. W. cocs cockles, Gael. cochull husk. Perh. influenced by F. coquille shell, a dim. from the root of E. conch. Cf. {Coach}.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) A… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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