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   ca·nal

   /kəˈnal/

   noun

   • 1. an artificial waterway constructed to allow the passage of boats or ships inland or to convey water for irrigation. Similar inland waterwaychannelwatercoursewaterwayship canal
   • ▪ a tubular duct in a plant or animal, serving to convey or contain food, liquid, or air: "the ear canal" Similar ducttubepassagevessel
   • ▪ any of a number of linear markings formerly reported as seen by telescope on the planet Mars.

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French, alteration of chanel ‘channel’, from Latin canalis ‘pipe, groove, channel’, from canna ‘cane’.

   Scrabble Points: 7

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