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canopic jars

canopic jars is the plural of canopic jar.

Meaning of canopic jar

Noun

canopic jar (plural canopic jars)

  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.1993, Rikki Ducornet, The Jade Cabinet, Dalkey Archive Press, page 120
    Synonyms:
    Canopus

Questions about canopic jars

What is canopic jars the plural of?
Canopic jars is the plural of canopic jar.

Words near canopic jars in the dictionary

  1. canophilist
  2. canophilists
  3. canophobia
  4. canopic
  5. canopic jar
  6. canopic jars
  7. canopied
  8. canopies
  9. Canopus
  10. Canopuses
  11. canopy

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