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caracol — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • cochlea noun The coiled, spiral-shaped cavity inside the inner ear that turns sound vibrations into nerve signals.
  • curl noun A spiral or ring-shaped lock of hair.
  • snail noun A small, slow-moving mollusc with a spiral shell that it carries on its back.

Senses

caracol is used for these senses in English:

  • curl A curving piece or lock of hair; a ringlet.
  • snail Any of very many animals (either hermaphroditic or nonhermaphroditic), of the class Gastropoda, having a coiled shell.

cochlea — full definition

  1. noun The coiled, spiral-shaped cavity inside the inner ear that turns sound vibrations into nerve signals.
  2. noun A shell with a spiral shape, such as a snail's shell.

curl — full definition

  1. noun A spiral or ring-shaped lock of hair.
  2. noun An exercise where the arm is bent against resistance to work the biceps.
  3. verb To twist something into a spiral shape, or to naturally form one.
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