cóclea

See also: coclea and còclea

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cochlea, from Ancient Greek κοχλίας (kokhlías, “spiral, snail shell”).

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: có‧cle‧a

Noun

cóclea f (plural cócleas)

(anatomy) cochlea (the complex, spirally coiled, tapered cavity of the inner ear)
Synonym: caracol

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cochlea, from Ancient Greek κοχλίας (kokhlías, “spiral, snail shell”).

Noun

cóclea f (plural cócleas)

(anatomy) cochlea (the complex, spirally coiled, tapered cavity of the inner ear)
Synonym: caracol

Further reading

“cóclea”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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