Cŏch'le-a-ry or Cŏch'le-ate or Cŏch'le-ā'ted, a.

a. [Lat. cochlearium, snail-shell, cochlea, snail, screw, Gr. κοχλίας, from κόχλος, a shell-fish with a spiral shell; Lat. cochleatus, spiral or screw-formed.] (Nat. Hist.) Having the form of a snail-shell; spiral; turbinated; as, a cochleate pod.