cochlea

Meaning

1. (declension-1, feminine) snail
2. (declension-1, feminine) snail
3. (declension-1, feminine, metonymically) spiral (form of a snailshell)
4. (declension-1, feminine, metonymically) screw of a press
5. (declension-1, feminine, metonymically) Archimedes' screw, water screw, screw pump (machine for drawing water by raising it)
6. (declension-1, feminine, metonymically) A kind of revolving door.

Concepts

snail

🐌

cochlea

helix

screw

shell

🐚

slug

Synonyms

coclea

tēsta

coculea

limax

cuchlia

gastropus

Translations

Schnecke

🐌

caracol

🐌

chiocciola

🐌

slak

🐌

escargot

🐌

caracol

🐌

cargol

huisjesslak

🐌

lumaca

salyangoz

🐌

σαλιγκάρι

caramujo

🐌

limaçon

🐌

cagaraula

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈkɔ.kʰɫe.a]

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κοχλῐ́ᾱς (kokhlĭ́ās, “snail with a spiral shell”).