canaliculus
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noun
- Any of many small canals or ducts in the body, such as in the bone, or in some plants.
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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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