cockle
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Noun — A small edible shellfish found around Europe, with a heart-shaped shell.
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Etymology
Came into English from Middle English cokel, cokkel, kokkel, cocle, of uncertain origin. It may be a diminutive of Middle English cokke, cok (‘cockle’), from Old English cocc (found in sǣcocc, ‘cockle’) plus -le; or it may instead come from Old French coquille, from Vulgar Latin *cocchilia, from conchylia, from Ancient...
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