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cockle

1 of 3

noun (1)

cock·​le ˈkä-kəl How to pronounce cockle (audio)
: any of several weedy plants of the pink family
especially : corn cockle

cockle

2 of 3

noun (2)

1
: any of various chiefly marine bivalve mollusks (family Cardiidae) having a shell with convex radially ribbed valves
especially : a common edible European bivalve (Cerastoderma edule synonym Cardium edule)
2

cockle

3 of 3

noun (3)

cockle verb

Word History

Etymology

Noun (1)

Middle English, from Old English coccel

Noun (2)

Middle English cokille, from Middle French coquille shell, modification of Latin conchylia, plural of conchylium, from Greek konchylion, from konchē conch

Noun (3)

Middle English kokell, ultimately from Middle French coquillé wavy or rounded like a shell, from coquille

First Known Use

Noun (1)

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above

Noun (2)

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Noun (3)

15th century, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of cockle was before the 12th century

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