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cochleiform

cochleiform adjective: having the form of a snail shell.

Adjective

cochleiform (comparative more cochleiform, superlative most cochleiform)

  1. Having the form of a snail shell

Forms of cochleiform

comparativemore cochleiform
superlativemost cochleiform

Origin of cochleiform

From Latin cochlea (“shell”) + -iform.

Questions about cochleiform

What does cochleiform mean?
Cochleiform means having the form of a snail shell.
What part of speech is cochleiform?
Cochleiform is an adjective.

Words near cochleiform in the dictionary

  1. cochleas
  2. cochleate
  3. cochleated
  4. cochleately
  5. cochleates
  6. cochleiform
  7. cochleitis
  8. cochleo-
  9. cochleogram
  10. cochleograms
  11. cochleographic

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