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cochleariform

English edit

Etymology edit

Latin cochlear +‎ -iform[1]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /kɒklɪˈɛːɹɪfɔːm/

Adjective edit

cochleariform (comparative more cochleariform, superlative most cochleariform)

  1. spoon-shaped
    • 2005, Andras Csillag, Atlas of the Sensory Organs, Humana, page 5:
      The floor of this canal bulges laterally to form a spoon-shaped hook, the cochleariform process.

References edit

  1. ^ “cochleariform, adj.”, in OED Online  ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
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