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CANALICULUS
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Irregular inflected form: canaliculi
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A small canal or duct as in some bones and parts of plants
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("canaliculus" is a kind of...):
canal; channel; duct; epithelial duct (a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance)
Derivation:
canalicular (relating to or like or having a canaliculus)
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