Meanings
adjectivecochleary (not comparable)
- not comparableobsoletespiral-shaped
wreathy spires, […]and cochleary turnings about
1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC1 more example
She hath also fitted it with that spiral or cochleary contrivance […]
1704, Henry Power, Athenæ Redivivæ
Origin
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cochleary. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cochleary
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“cochleary.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cochleary. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cochleary,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cochleary.
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