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caracol.

snail (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell)

7 characters3 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/ka.ɾaˈkɔw/Brazil[ka.ɾaˈkɔʊ̯]Brazil/kɐ.ɾɐˈkɔl/Portugal[kɐ.ɾɐˈkɔɫ]Portugal
  1. snail (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell)

    masculine
  2. curl (a lock of curly hair)

    masculine
  3. cochlea (the complex, spirally coiled, tapered cavity of the inner ear)

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Uncertain. Possibly from a derivation of Vulgar Latin *cochleār, Latin cochlea (“snail”), from Ancient Greek κοχλίας (kokhlías, “spiral, snail shell”). Compare with colher (“spoon”). Alternatively, possibly of pre-Roman substrate origin. Cognate with Galician, Asturian, and Spanish caracol, Catalan and Occitan caragol (from earlier cagaròl).

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