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cochleate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
cochleate
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having the form of a snail's shell; spiral; turbinated

noun

A particulate composed of lipid bilayers rolled up into a spiral

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

cochleates (plural)

Derived Forms

ectocochleate

Synonyms

cochleated

Questions

What does cochleate mean?
Having the form of a snail's shell; spiral; turbinated
Where does cochleate come from?
From Latin cochleatus (“spiral or screw-formed”). See cochlea.

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