caracol
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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Hyphenation: ca‧ra‧col
Noun[edit]
caracol (plural caracols)
- Alternative spelling of caracole
Verb[edit]
caracol (third-person singular simple present caracols, present participle caracolling, simple past and past participle caracolled)
- Alternative spelling of caracole
Asturian[edit]
Noun[edit]
caracol m (plural caracoles)
- snail (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell)
Synonyms[edit]
Galician[edit]
Noun[edit]
caracol m (plural caracois)
Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From a derivation of Vulgar Latin *cochleār, Latin cochlea (“snail”), from Ancient Greek κοχλίας (kokhlías, “spiral, snail shell”). Confer with colher (“spoon”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
caracol m (plural caracóis)
- snail (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell)
- curl (a lock of curly hair)
- (anatomy) cochlea (the complex, spirally coiled, tapered cavity of the inner ear)
Related terms[edit]
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From a derivation of Vulgar Latin *cochleare, from Latin cochlea. See also cuchara.
Noun[edit]
caracol m (plural caracoles)
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- Spanish terms derived from Vulgar Latin
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