cochleary

English

Etymology

See cochlear.

Adjective

cochleary (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) spiral-shaped
    • Sir Thomas Browne
      wreathy spires, and cochleary turnings about
    • Henry Power
      She hath also fitted it with that spiral or cochleary contrivance […]
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