catxel

Possibly a diminutive of *catxa, variant of cassa (“ladle”), from a pre-Roman root *katti, or from earlier *catxil, from Latin conchylium (“shellfish”), in which case a doublet of conquilla.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [kəˈt͡ʃɛl]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kaˈt͡ʃɛl]

catxel m (plural catxels)

1. common cockle (Cerastoderma edule)

   Synonyms: escopinya de gallet, gall, gallet, carculla, petxina ratllada, berberetxo

• “catxel”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007