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coquille¹

Where it comes from

Borrowed from French coquille. See also cockle.

noun 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

Where it comes from

From French coquille.

proper noun

  1. A city, the county seat of Coos County, Oregon, United States.

noun Coquilles · Coquille · Ko-Kwel · 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.

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"coquille." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/coquille. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{coquille_2026,
  title = {coquille},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/coquille},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}