1. Common edible, burrowing European bivalve mollusk that has a strong, rounded shell with radiating ribs
   "Cockles and mussels were traditional fare in coastal towns"
    
2. Common edible European bivalve
   "The paella was garnished with fresh cockles"

1. To gather something into small wrinkles or folds
   "The humidity made the pages cockle";
   - pucker, rumple, crumple, knit
    
2. Form small waves or wrinkles
   "The storm cockled the ocean's surface";
   - ripple, ruffle, riffle, undulate

Derived forms: cockles, cockling, cockled

Type of: bivalve, flow, flux, lamellibranch, pelecypod, shellfish

Part of: Cardium, Cardium edule, edible cockle, genus Cardium

Encyclopedia: Cockle, John