Etymology

cochleate

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Today it means: Having the form of a snail's shell; spiral; turbinated Full definition →

Latin cochleātus
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  1. Latin · derived fromcochleātus“spiral or screw-formed”
  2. English todaycochleate

From Latin cochleātus (“spiral or screw-formed”). See cochlea.

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