Associations to the word «Eccles»

Wiktionary

ECCLES CAKE, noun. A small, round, oven-baked cake made from a currant-based filling enclosed in puff pastry.
ECCLES CAKES, noun. Plural of Eccles cake

Dictionary definition

ECCLES, noun. Australian physiologist noted for his research on the conduction of impulses by nerve cells (1903-1997).

Wise words

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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.