cockle in French
cockle in French is coque, ivraie enivrante — cockle means a small edible shellfish found around Europe, with a heart-shaped shell.
cockle in French
coque
Any of various edible European bivalve mollusks, of the family Cardiidae, having heart-shaped shells.
ivraie enivrante
Any of several field weeds, such as the common corncockle (Agrostemma githago) and darnel ryegrass (Lolium temulentum).
What does "cockle" mean?
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noun A small edible shellfish found around Europe, with a heart-shaped shell.
"His wife, a small woman who walked always on high heels, borrowed Gerhardie's primus stove several times a day to cook her husband gargantuan meals of cockles, mussels, snails, and other such unpalatables."
- noun The shell of this type of shellfish.
- noun A small wrinkle or crease.
- noun A fault in sheepskin made up of hard dark lumps, caused by insect bites on the live sheep.
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cockle in a sentence
- His wife, a small woman who walked always on high heels, borrowed Gerhardie's primus stove several times a day to cook her husband gargantuan meals of cockles, mussels, snails, and other such unpalatables.
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What is "cockle" in French?
"cockle" in French is coque, ivraie enivrante. cockle means: A small edible shellfish found around Europe, with a heart-shaped shell.
Are there other ways to say "cockle" in French?
Yes — French has 2 translations listed for "cockle": coque, ivraie enivrante.
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