1. any bivalve mollusk of the genus Cardium, having somewhat heart-shaped, radially ribbed valves, especially C. edule, the common edible species of Europe.
2. any of various allied or similar mollusks.
3. cockleshell (defs. 1, 2).
4. a wrinkle; pucker: a cockle in fabric.
5. a small, crisp candy of sugar and flour, bearing a motto.

6. to contract into wrinkles; pucker: This paper cockles easily.
7. to rise in short, irregular waves; ripple: The waves cockled along the shore.

8. to cause to wrinkle, pucker, or ripple: The wind cockled the water.

9. the depths of one's emotions or feelings: The happy family scene warmed the cockles of his heart.

1. a weed, as the darnel Lolium temulentum, or rye grass, L. perenne.

1. any sand-burrowing bivalve mollusc of the family Cardiidae, esp Cardium edule (edible cockle) of Europe, typically having a rounded shell with radiating ribs
2. any of certain similar or related molluscs
3. short for cockleshell (def. 1)
4. a wrinkle or puckering, as in cloth or paper
5. a small furnace or stove
6. one's deepest feelings (esp in the phrase warm the cockles of one's heart)

7. to contract or cause to contract into wrinkles

1. any of several plants, esp the corn cockle, that grow as weeds in cornfields

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