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canopic jar

noun

Etymology

From Latin Canōpicus, from Canopus + -icus.

  1. derived from Canopicus

Definitions

  1. An Egyptian pottery container in which the entrails of a mummy have been placed.

    • Had Radulph Tubbs such luck with tombs it is probable that he […] would have uncovered only the four canopic jars containing, respectively, the large intestines, small intestines, heart, and liver.

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