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cochlear

Pronunciation: [ˈkɔ.kʰɫe.ar]

“cochlear” is a Latin word. Its 3 meanings in English:

noun

  1. a spoon
  2. a spoonful (as a measure for liquids)
  3. a spoonful (a measurement of dose, equal to half a cheme or ¹⁄₁₄₄ of a cotyla)

Etymology

From cochlea (“snail”, “snail-shell”) + -ar (suffix forming neuter nouns).

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