cochleate
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Etymology edit
Latin cochleatus (“spiral or screw-formed”). See cochlea.
Adjective edit
cochleate (comparative more cochleate, superlative most cochleate)
- Having the form of a snail's shell; spiral; turbinated
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Noun edit
cochleate (plural cochleates)
- A particulate composed of lipid bilayers rolled up into a spiral