Cockle
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Cockle may refer to:
  • Cockle (bivalve)
    Cockle (bivalve)
    Cockle is the common name for a group of small, edible, saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Cardiidae.Various species of cockles live in sandy sheltered beaches throughout the world....

    , a group of edible saltwater clams (marine molluscs)
  • Lolium temulentum
    Lolium temulentum
    Lolium temulentum, typically known as darnel, poison darnel or cockle, is an annual plant that forms part of the Poaceae family and part of the Lolium genus. The plant stem can grow up to one meter tall, with inflorescence in the ears and purple grain...

    , a tufted grass plant
  • Berwick cockle
    Berwick cockle
    A Berwick cockle is a Scots style sweet coloured white with red stripes originally associated with Berwick-upon-Tweed, England. They are presumably named in reference to their cockle-like shape, the moulding process giving a flattened shape with an equatorial rib. They are sold loose by weight in...

    s, a confectionery from Scotland


Cockleshell
  • The Mark II canoes used in Operation Frankton
    Operation Frankton
    Operation Frankton was a commando raid on shipping in the German occupied French port of Bordeaux in the Bay of Biscay during the Second World War. The raid was carried out by a small unit of Royal Marines known as the Royal Marines Boom Patrol Detachment , part of Combined Operations.The plan was...

     in 1942
  • The Cockleshell Heroes
    The Cockleshell Heroes
    The Cockleshell Heroes is a 1955 film with Trevor Howard, Anthony Newley, David Lodge and José Ferrer, who also directed. Set during the Second World War, it is a fictionalised account of Operation Frankton, the December 1942 raid by canoe-borne British commandos on shipping in Bordeaux Harbour...

    , a 1955 film based on Operation Frankton
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