Coquille
name, noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A meal, especially a seafood dish, served in an actual scallop shell or a dish (container) shaped like a shell.
- 2 A member of a Native American people who historically lived in the Coquille River watershed and nearby coast south of Coos Bay.
- 3 a dish in the form of a scallop shell wordnet
- 4 A scallop shell or a dish shaped like one, especially when used to serve the aforementioned food.
- 5 seafood served in a scallop shell wordnet
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- 6 A form of ruching used as a dress trimming or for neckwear, named from the manner in which it is gathered or fulled.
Proper Noun
- 1 A city, the county seat of Coos County, Oregon, United States.
Example
More examples"Sometimes Hayes's boats would come to within a mile or so of the entrance to Coquille Harbour in their quests for coco-nuts, but, fortunately for the peace of the villagers, their crews never ventured so far as the village itself."
Etymology
Etymology 1
Borrowed from French coquille. See also cockle.
Etymology 2
From French coquille.