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cockleshell

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cock⋅le⋅shell

  [kok-uhl-shel]
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–noun
1. a shell of the cockle.
2. a shell of some other mollusk, as the scallop.
3. Nautical. any light or frail vessel.
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME cokille shell. See cockle 1 , shell
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cock·le·shell   (kŏk'əl-shěl')   
n.  

    1. The shell of a cockle.

    2. A shell similar to that of a cockle.

  2. Nautical A small light boat.

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