coquille

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noun

A meal, especially a seafood dish, served in an actual scallop shell or a dish (container) shaped like a shell.

OriginFrench coquille →
Less commonScrabble 19
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Meanings

coquille1

nouncoquille (plural coquilles)

plural coquilles

  1. A meal, especially a seafood dish, served in an actual scallop shell or a dish (container) shaped like a shell.
  2. A scallop shell or a dish shaped like one, especially when used to serve the aforementioned food.
  3. A form of ruching used as a dress trimming or for neckwear, named from the manner in which it is gathered or fulled.

Coquille2

proper noun
  1. A city, the county seat of Coos County, Oregon, United States.
nounCoquille (plural Coquilles or Coquille)

plural Coquilles · alternative Ko-Kwel · alternative Ko'Kwel

  1. A member of a Native American people who historically lived in the Coquille River watershed and nearby coast south of Coos Bay.

Origin

coquille · noun

  1. Frenchcoquille
  2. Englishcoquille

Borrowed from French coquille. See also cockle.

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Coquille · proper noun, noun

  1. Frenchcoquille
  2. EnglishCoquille

From French coquille.

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APA

coquille. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coquille

MLA

“coquille.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coquille. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “coquille,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coquille.

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