Letter C

Cockle

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The ventricle of the heart.

The origin of the word cockle in this sense is a matter of conjecture but in medieval Latin, the ventricle of the heart was called cochlea cordis and cochlea may have been corrupted to cockle.

See also: Cockles of the heart

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