Word: cochleas
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: coch
le
as
Definition: Plural of 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
Morphemes:
Affix: cochlea
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: The complex, spirally coiled, tapered cavity of the inner ear of higher vertebrates, which contains the organ of Corti and in which sound vibrations are converted into nerve impulses.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: cochlea
Language: la
Decoded: cochlea
Meaning: a snail
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form many pluralia tantum (nouns that are almost or entirely without singular forms).