cochlea

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noun

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
• Hypernyms:
tube, tube-shaped structure
• Part Holonyms:
inner ear, internal ear, labyrinth
• Part Meronyms:
basilar membrane, modiolus, organ of Corti