cochlea

/หˆkษ’k.lษชษ™/

IPA: /K AA1 K L IY0 AH0/

noun
  1. 1

    The complex, spirally coiled, tapered cavity of the inner ear in which sound vibrations are converted into nerve impulses.

  2. 2

    A spiral-shaped shell, especially that of a snail.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cochlea