Found 2 items, similar to cochlea.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: cochlea cochlea n : the snail-shaped tube (in the inner ear coiled around the modiolus) where sound vibrations are converted into nerve impulses by the Organ of Corti [also: cochleae (pl)]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Cochlea Cochlea \Coch"le*a\ (k[o^]k"l[-e]*[.a]), n. [L., a snail, or snail shell, Gr. kochli`as a snail, fr. ko`chlos 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. [1913 Webster]