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cochleate

cochleate adjective: having the form of a snail's shell; spiral; turbinated.

Adjective

cochleate (not comparable)

  1. Having the form of a snail's shell; spiral; turbinated
    Synonyms:
    cochleated

Noun

cochleate (plural cochleates)

  1. A particulate composed of lipid bilayers rolled up into a spiral

cochleate meaning in Tamil

cochleate in Tamil

சுருளாக முறுக்கப்பட்ட, கரண்டி போன்ற

Synonyms of cochleate

Forms of cochleate

pluralcochleates

Origin of cochleate

From Latin cochleatus (“spiral or screw-formed”). See cochlea.

Words formed from cochleate

Questions about cochleate

What does cochleate mean?
Cochleate means having the form of a snail's shell; spiral; turbinated.
What is cochleate in Tamil?
Cochleate in Tamil is சுருளாக முறுக்கப்பட்ட, கரண்டி போன்ற. See Cochleate meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is cochleate?
Cochleate can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near cochleate in the dictionary

  1. cochleariform
  2. cochlearium
  3. cochlearly
  4. cochleary
  5. cochleas
  6. cochleate
  7. cochleated
  8. cochleately
  9. cochleates
  10. cochleiform
  11. cochleitis

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cochleate (page history and authors); cochleate (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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