cochlea

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Noun cochlea has 1 sense

cochlea - the snail-shaped tube (in the inner ear coiled around the modiolus) where sound vibrations are converted into nerve impulses by the Organ of Corti
--₁ is a kind of tube, tube-shaped structure
--₁ is a part of inner ear, internal ear, labyrinth
--₁ has part: basilar membrane; modiolus; organ of Corti

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