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"the alimentary canal"nouna bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance
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verbprovide (a city) with a canal
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noun(astronomy) an indistinct surface feature of Mars once thought to be a system of channels; they are now believed to be an optical illusiontype of:
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nounlong and narrow strip of water made for boats or for irrigationtype of:
Definition that contains canal
- cut a canal made by erosion or excavation
- light easily assimilated in the alimentary canal; not rich or heavily seasoned
- gas a state of excessive gas in the alimentary canal
- race a canal for a current of water
- heavy dense or inadequately leavened and hence likely to cause distress in the alimentary canal
- lock enclosure consisting of a section of canal that can be closed to control the water level; used to raise or lower vessels that pass through it
- stomach an enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal; the principal organ of digestion
- bridge a structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle such as a river or canal or railway etc.
- lighter a flatbottom boat for carrying heavy loads (especially on canals)
- tooth toothlike structure in invertebrates found in the mouth or alimentary canal or on a shell