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cochlear, a.|ˈkɒkliːə(r)|
[ad. L. type *cochleār-is pertaining to a cochlea, actually occurring only as the neuter noun coc(h)leār or coc(h)leāre a spoon, whence sense 2. Cf. F. cochléaire.]
1. Phys. Pertaining to the cochlea.
1831R. Knox Cloquet's Anat. 575 The cochlear branch of the acoustic nerve. 1877Burnet Ear 126 The cochlear canal starts at the outer and lower corner of the vestibule.
2. Bot. In cochlear æstivation, a form of imbricated æstivation, in which one petal being larger than the others, and hollowed like a helmet or bowl, covers all the others.
1835Lindley Introd. Bot. (1848) II. 376. 1870 Bentley Bot. 212 A form of æstivation..to which the name cochlear has been given. |