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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Cochlea \Coch"le*a\, n. [L., a snail, or snail shell, Gr ? a snail, fr ? a shellfish with a spiral shell.] (Anat.) An appendage of the labyrinth of the internal ear, which is elongated and coiled into a spiral in mammals. See {Ear}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: cochlea n : the snail-shaped tube in the inner ear where sound vibrations are converted into nerve impulses by the Organ of Corti
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