Word
cochlea, n.
(cochleae)
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
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cochlea
semantic pointers
hypernym
tube, tube-shaped structure
part meronym
basilar membrane
modiolus
organ of Corti
part holonym
inner ear, internal ear, labyrinth