coquina — meaning in English

English meaning

• cockle noun Any of various edible European bivalve mollusks, of the family Cardiidae, having heart-shaped shells.
• tellin noun A small burrowing sea clam that filters food particles from the sand it lives in.

Senses

coquina is used for these senses in English:

• cockle Any of various edible European bivalve mollusks, of the family Cardiidae, having heart-shaped shells.
• coquina (uncountable, geology) A soft form of limestone made of fragments of shells, sometimes used as a building or road paving material. [from mid 19th c.]
• tellin (zoology) A marine bivalve mollusc, of the genus Tellina, that burrows in the sand, from where it siphons detritus.

cockle — full definition

1. noun Any of various edible European bivalve mollusks, of the family Cardiidae, having heart-shaped shells.
2. noun The shell of such a mollusk.
3. noun A wrinkle, pucker
4. noun A defect in sheepskin; firm dark nodules caused by the bites of keds on live sheep

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