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canopic jar
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun canopic jar has 1 sense
- canopic jar(n = noun.artifact) canopic vase - a jar used in ancient Egypt to contain entrails of an embalmed body; Array is a kind of jar
CIDE DICTIONARY
canopic jar, n.
a jar used in ancient Egyptian tombs to contain the intestines of a person who was mummified for burial; -- also called canopic vase . [PJC]
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