cockling

  • 71corrugation — n. 1. Wrinkling, cockling, puckering. 2. Wrinkle, fold, plait …

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  • 72cockle — /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… …

  • 73cockle — ► 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 …

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  • 74cockle — 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… …

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