Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having the form of a snail's shell; helicine; helicoid.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Spoon-shaped.
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- adjective
spoon -shaped
Etymologies
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From Latin cochveare ‘spoon’ + -form.
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Examples
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The divisions of the frond, are, I find, not gyrate, but rather cochleariform involate.
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith
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