cockle

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

In England the name is given to aspecies of the familiar marine bivalve mollusc, Cardium.The commonest Australian species is Cardiumtenuicostatum, Lamarck, present in all extra-tropicalAustralia. The name is also commonly applied to members of thegenus Chione.

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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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