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cockle

[kok-uhl] / ˈkɒk əl /
NOUN
shell
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“This tells us that all of those nearly identical cancers came from a single cockle in the past,” Metzger said.

From Seattle Times • May 22, 2023

She hopes new cockle research will help explain how changing ocean acidity and marine heat affect the transmission or lethal effects of the cancer, and offer methods to protect other native shellfish.

From Seattle Times • May 22, 2023

Shell Beach is made up of billions of shells, specifically cockle shells that breed unchecked due to the high salinity of the water and the lack of predators able to survive in all that salt.

From The Guardian • Dec. 23, 2017

Mr Gradwell said while "significant sums" were pocketed by the gangmaster, the cockle pickers earned "a pittance".

From BBC • Feb. 5, 2014

"When sea and sand turn far inland, And mussels grow on ilka tree,60 When cockle shells turn siller bells, I'll drink the orange wine wi' thee."

From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume IV by Various




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