COCKLE

• (noun) common edible, burrowing European bivalve mollusk that has a strong, rounded shell with radiating ribs

• (noun) common edible European bivalve

• (verb) to gather something into small wrinkles or folds

  "She puckered her lips"

  synonyms : crumple , knit , pucker , rumple

• (verb) stir up (water) so as to form ripples

  synonyms : riffle , ripple , ruffle , undulate

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