The (fossil) shell of such a mollusc, esp. a single valve of the shell; an artificial imitation of such a shell. Cf. cockleshell, n. 1a.
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释义 | the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Pelecypoda or Conchifera > [noun] > section Siphonida > integro-pallialia > family Cardiadae > member of (cockle) > cockle-shell (2) cockle1415 The (fossil) shell of such a mollusc, esp. a single valve of the shell; an artificial imitation of such a shell. Cf. cockleshell, n. 1a. cockleshell?1440 The shell of a cockle (cockle, n.2 1a), esp. a single valve of the shell; occasionally as a mass noun. Cf. cockle, n.2 1b. |
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