[koh-keel; Fr. kaw-kee-yuh ] 
[-keelz; Fr. -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. |
| co·quille (kō-kēl') n. A scallop-shaped dish or a scallop shell in which various seafood dishes are browned and served. [French, from Latin conchȳlia, pl. of conchȳlium, shellfish, from Greek konkhulion, diminutive of konkhos.] |
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