Usually means: Spiral-shaped organs for hearing.
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We found 14 dictionaries that define the word cochleae:

General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. cochleae: Merriam-Webster
  2. cochleae: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. cochleae: Collins English Dictionary
  4. cochleae: Vocabulary.com
  5. cochleae: Wordnik
  6. cochleae: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. cochleae: Wiktionary
  8. cochleae: Dictionary.com
  9. cochleae: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. cochleae: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. cochleae: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Cochleae: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  3. cochleae: Medical dictionary
  4. Cochleae: Drug Medical Dictionary

(Note: See cochlea as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (cochlea)

noun:  (anatomy) 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.
noun:  A spiral-shaped shell, especially that of a snail.
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