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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | Date: 1996
cockle 2 edible bivalve mollusc. XIV. — (O)F.
coquille shell :- medL. *
cochilia — medGr.
kokhúlia. pl. of
kokhúlion, f.
kógkhē CONCH.
© The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology 1996, originally published by Oxford University Press 1996.
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