COCK-PADLE
Cock"-pad`le, n. Etym: [Etymol. uncertain.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: See Lumpfish. [Scot.]
COCKPIT
Cock"pit`, n.
1. A pit, or inclosed area, for cockfights. Henry the Eight had built . . . a cockpit. Macaulay.
2. The Privy Council room at Westminster; — so called because built on the site of the cockpit of Whitehall palace. Brande & C.
3. (Naut.) (a) That part of a war vessel appropriated to the wounded during an engagement. (b) In yachts and other small vessels, a space lower than the rest of the deck, which affords easy access to the cabin.
COCKROACH
Cock"roach, n. Etym: [Sp. cucaracha.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: An orthopterus insect of the genus Blatta, and allied genera.
Note: The species are numerous, especially in hot countries. Those most commonly infesting houses in Europe and North America are Blatta orientalis, a large species often called black beetle, and the Croton bug (Ectobia Germanica).
COCKSCOMB
Cocks"comb, n. Etym: [1st cock, n. + comb crest.]