cochleate

== English == === Etymology === From Latin cochleatus (“spiral or screw-formed”). See cochlea. === Adjective === cochleate (not comparable) Having the form of a snail's shell; spiral; turbinated ==== Synonyms ==== cochleated ==== Derived terms ==== ectocochleate === Noun === cochleate (plural cochleates) A particulate composed of lipid bilayers rolled up into a spiral