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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the central conical bony pillar of the cochlea; 



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Modiolus \Mo*di"o*lus\, n.; pl. Modioli. [L., a small
   measure.] (Anat.)
   The central column in the osseous cochlea of the ear.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

modiolus
    n 1: the central conical bony pillar of the cochlea