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canopic jar

ca·no·pic jar [ kə nòppik jr ] (plural ca·no·pic jars) or Ca·no·pic jar [ kə nòppik jr ] (plural Ca·no·pic jars)


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jar for mummy's entrails: a jar used in ancient Egypt to hold the embalmed entrails of a mummy

[Late 19th century. < Latin Canopicus< Canopus, port in ancient Egypt]
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