yə noun, plural co·quilles 
[-keelz; French -kee-yuh] .
[-keelz; French -kee-yuh] . 1.
any of various seafood or chicken dishes baked with a sauce and usually served in a scallop shell or a shell-shaped serving dish.
2.
the cooking utensil for baking such dishes, usually a scallop shell or small casserole resembling a shell.
3.
a cooking utensil, filled with charcoal, for roasting meat on a spit.
4.
the shell of an escargot.
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| —n | |
| 1. | any dish, esp seafood, served in a scallop shell: Coquilles St Jacques |
| 2. | a scallop shell, or dish resembling a shell |
| 3. | fencing a bell-shaped hand guard on a foil |
| [French, literally: shell, from Latin conchӯlium mussel; see | |
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