different between mussel vs cockle

English

Etymology

From Latin m?sculus (“mussel or muscle”, literally “little mouse”). Doublet of muscle.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA^(key): /?m?s?l/
• Rhymes: -?s?l
• Homophone: muscle

Noun

mussel (plural mussels)

1. Any of several groups of bivalve shellfish with elongated, asymmetrical shells
   1. fresh water mussels, usually edible, of the order Unionida in subclass Palaeoheterodonta.
   2. salt water mussels, usually edible, of the order Mytilida in subclass Pteriomorphia.
   3. Certain other bivalves of somewhat similar appearance, such as the zebra mussel and quagga mussel of the family Dreissenidae in subclass Heterodonta.

Derived terms

Related terms

• mouse

Translations

References

• mussel on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?kl?/
• Rhymes: -?k?l

Etymology 1

From Middle English cokel, cokkel, kokkel, cocle, of uncertain origin. Perhaps a diminutive of Middle English cokke, cok (“cockle”), from Old English cocc (found in s?cocc (“cockle”)) +? -le; or perhaps from Old French coquille, from Vulgar Latin *cocchilia, from conchylia, from Ancient Greek ????????? (konkhúlion), diminutive of ??????? (konkhúl?, “mussel”), from Proto-Indo-European *konkho.

Noun

cockle (plural cockles)

1. Any of various edible European bivalve mollusks, of the family Cardiidae, having heart-shaped shells.
2. The shell of such a mollusk.
3. (in the plural) One’s innermost feelings (only in the expression “the cockles of one’s heart”).
4. (directly from French coquille) A wrinkle, pucker
5. (by extension) A defect in sheepskin; firm dark nodules caused by the bites of keds on live sheep
6. (mining, Britain, Cornwall) The mineral black tourmaline or schorl.
7. (Britain) The fire chamber of a furnace.

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8. (Britain) A kiln for drying hops; an oast.

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9. (Britain) The dome of a heating furnace.

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Translations

See also

• scallop

Verb

cockle (third-person singular simple present cockles, present participle cockling, simple past and past participle cockled)

1. To cause to contract into wrinkles or ridges, as some kinds of cloth after a wetting; to pucker.

Etymology 2

Wikispecies

Wikispecies From Middle English cockil, cokil, cokylle, from Old English coccel (“darnel”), of unknown origin, perhaps from a diminutive of Latin coccus (“berry”).

Noun

cockle (plural cockles)

1. Any of several field weeds, such as the common corncockle (Agrostemma githago) and darnel ryegrass (Lolium temulentum).
   • 1855, Robert Browning, “Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came”, X:

     But cockle, spurge, according to their law / Might propagate their kind, with none to awe, / You'd think; a burr had been a treasure trove.

Synonyms

• (Lolium temulentum): darnel, false wheat

Related terms

Translations

See also

• cheat
• ryegrass
• tare
• vetch

Etymology 3

Rhyming slang, from cock and hen for ten.

Noun

cockle (plural cockles)

1. (Cockney rhyming slang) A £10 note; a tenner.

References

Anagrams

• Elcock, clocke