Cockle
a plant, Lychnis Githago, formerly called agrostemma githago. Its fuller English name is corn-cockle. It is an erect-branched plant, between one and two feet high with large purple flowers.
It is also the popular name of the shells classed by naturalists under the genus Cardium, or the family Cardiadæ.
The most common one is C. edule; it is the one to which the name cockle is most frequently applied.
COCK OF THE PLAINS (Centrocercus urophasiānus), a large North American species of grouse, inhabiting desolate plains in the W. States. COCK OF THE ROCK (Rupicola aurantia), a South American bird of a rich orange color with a beautiful crest, belonging to the manakin family.
COCK OF THE WOODS. See CAPER- CAILZIE.