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canal

(k/@/'n/&/l )

(astronomy) an indistinct surface feature of Mars once thought to be a system of channels; they are now believed to be an optical illusion(noun.object)

source: wordnet30
a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance(noun.body)

Example:
The alimentary canal.

Synonym:
channel, duct, epithelial duct

source: wordnet30
long and narrow strip of water made for boats or for irrigation(noun.artifact)

source: wordnet30
An artificial channel filled with water and designed for navigation, or for irrigating land, etc.(noun)

source: webster1913
A long and relatively narrow arm of the sea, approximately uniform in width; -- used chiefly in proper names; as, Portland Canal; Lynn Canal.(noun)

source: webster1913

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