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Definition of dog cockle in English: dog cocklenoun A burrowing bivalve mollusc which has a highly convex, almost spherical, shell. Family Glycimeridae: many species Example sentencesExamples - There is plenty of life, judging by the number of shells lying around, including razor shells, big Arctica islandica and dog cockles.
- Note the brown colour of the dog cockles, indicating that the sand is polluted by mud.
- Further north in the lough the waters slow and coarse submarine sand dunes are inhabited by a type of sea-cucumber and dog cockles.
- Some 68% of the species are encrusters and form colourful, circular, or linear patches on hard substrata, especially dead scallop shells and dog cockles.
- Coarse gravels and sands are home to sea-cucumbers and dog cockles, largely buried for protection, and tough sea-mats, able to withstand the scouring of water-borne sand.
Definition of dog cockle in US English: dog cocklenoun A burrowing bivalve mollusk which has a highly convex, almost spherical, shell. Family Glycimeridae: many species, including the European Glycymeris glycymeris Example sentencesExamples - Further north in the lough the waters slow and coarse submarine sand dunes are inhabited by a type of sea-cucumber and dog cockles.
- Coarse gravels and sands are home to sea-cucumbers and dog cockles, largely buried for protection, and tough sea-mats, able to withstand the scouring of water-borne sand.
- Note the brown colour of the dog cockles, indicating that the sand is polluted by mud.
- There is plenty of life, judging by the number of shells lying around, including razor shells, big Arctica islandica and dog cockles.
- Some 68% of the species are encrusters and form colourful, circular, or linear patches on hard substrata, especially dead scallop shells and dog cockles.
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