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† ˈcochleary, a. Obs.
[f. L. coc(h)lea (see above) + -ary; cf. cochlear.]
Resembling a snail-shell, spiral, winding.
1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. iii. xxiii. 167 That famous [horn]..hath anfractuous spires, and cochleary turnings about it. a1661Fuller Worthies ii. 194 Cocleary turnings. 1664Power Exp. Philos. i. 8 Nature hath fitted it [Butterfly's tongue] with that spiral or cochleary contrivance. |