Cryptic crossword clue
Bird with left foot hidden in weed 6

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word COCKLE

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What does COCKLE mean?

COCKLE noun
  1. Any of various edible European bivalve mollusks, of the family Cardiidae, having heart-shaped shells.
  2. The shell of such a mollusk.
  3. (in the plural) One’s innermost feelings (only in the expression “the cockles of one’s heart”).
  4. (directly from French coquille) A wrinkle, pucker
  5. (by extension) A defect in sheepskin; firm dark nodules caused by the bites of keds on live sheep
  6. The mineral black tourmaline or schorl.
  7. The fire chamber of a furnace.
  8. A kiln for drying hops; an oast.
  9. The dome of a heating furnace.
COCKLE verb
  1. To cause to contract into wrinkles or ridges, as some kinds of cloth after a wetting; to pucker.
COCKLE noun
  1. Any of several field weeds, such as the common corncockle (Agrostemma githago) and darnel ryegrass (Lolium temulentum).
COCKLE noun
  1. A £10 note; a tenner.

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