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  • noun Plural form of cochlea.

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Examples

  • • We considered jamming wooden ear buds into our cochleas.

    Boing Boing 2009

  • If I say "The New York Times," will that sound like I ` m trying to suck up to liberals and go to their cochleas?

    CNN Transcript Sep 30, 2009 2009

  • If so, this story of a guy who got a Windows Vista refund from HP will warm the cochleas of your heart.

    UFies.org: July 2008 Archives 2008

  • If so, this story of a guy who got a Windows Vista refund from HP will warm the cochleas of your heart.

    Getting $200 Back From Microsoft - UFies.org 2008

  • The longer the wavelength of a sound, the farther back it reaches along a thin membrane within the cochlea; thus, ears that are more “tuned” to lower frequencies have larger cochleas, with longer membranes.

    The Elephant's Secret Sense Caitlin O'Connell 2007

  • The longer the wavelength of a sound, the farther back it reaches along a thin membrane within the cochlea; thus, ears that are more “tuned” to lower frequencies have larger cochleas, with longer membranes.

    The Elephant's Secret Sense Caitlin O'Connell 2007

  • The longer the wavelength of a sound, the farther back it reaches along a thin membrane within the cochlea; thus, ears that are more “tuned” to lower frequencies have larger cochleas, with longer membranes.

    The Elephant's Secret Sense Caitlin O'Connell 2007

  • The longer the wavelength of a sound, the farther back it reaches along a thin membrane within the cochlea; thus, ears that are more “tuned” to lower frequencies have larger cochleas, with longer membranes.

    The Elephant's Secret Sense Caitlin O'Connell 2007

  • He has done important research as well in the very new field of sensory prostheses; he has especially studied the neuronal reorganization that may occur after implants of artificial cochleas, or inner car mechanisms, which can allow the rapid emergence of new perceptual categories and meanings.

    Neurology and the Soul Sacks, Oliver 1990

  • Igf1 −/− mouse cochleas and compared with the Igf1+/+.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Hortensia Sanchez-Calderon et al. 2010

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