In anatomy, of or relating to the cochlea in any way: as, the cochlear nerve, cochlear canal, etc.n. A spoon; in the orthodox Greek and other Oriental churches, the eucharistic spoon in which the consecrated elements are administered together to communicants. Also called labis. See intinction, spoon, colatorium, and labis.n. An ancient Roman and Greek medicinal measure, equal to a spoonful.Spoon-shaped: specifically, in botany, applied to a form of imbricative estivation in which one piece is exterior, larger than the others, and bowl-shaped, as in the aconite.