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canaliculus

ca·na·li·culus

US/ˌkænəˈlɪkjələs/ uncommon

noun

1.

a small canal or duct as in some bones and parts of plants

Origin

From Latin canāliculus (“small channel, pipe or gutter”), diminutive of canālis (“channel; pipe, gutter”), from canna (“cane, reed”), from Ancient Greek κάννα (kánna, “reed”).

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