cochlea
Word family adjectivecochlearcochleariformcochleatenounCochleariacochlea
coch·le·a /ˈkɒkliə $ ˈkɑː-/ noun (plural cochleas or cochleae /-li-aɪ/) [countableC] technical Origin cochlea (1500-1600) Latin “(shell of) a snail”, from Greek kochlias, from kochlos “snail”; because of its shape