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coquille

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What does coquille mean?

noun

  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.
More meanings (2)

noun

  1. A member of a Native American people who historically lived in the Coquille River watershed and nearby coast south of Coos Bay.

proper noun

  1. A city, the county seat of Coos County, Oregon, United States.
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It is found mostly about Coos Bay, along the Coquille River, and on the northern slopes of the Siskiyou Mountains, and extends down the coast into California.
John MuirSteep TrailsProject Gutenberg ebook #326