Canopic
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of Canopic
Example Sentences
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A technical feat of bronze casting, the sludge-laden automobile is a "Canopic Chest."
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 26, 2015
Like "Canopic Chest," there's formal vigor but not much more.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 26, 2015
Nearby, they also discovered what was once the mouth of the now submerged Canopic branch of the Nile, where ancient writings had indeed placed Herakleion, a prosperous, commercial gateway to Egypt.
From Time Magazine Archive
The little coffins, within the Canopic jars, within the alabaster box on its sledge, within the long-sealed tomb suggested a great Chinese nest of boxes, one cunningly held within the other.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was close to the westernmost of the Nile’s seven mouths, the Canopic, but far enough away to avoid having its harbor silted up by the river’s outflow.
From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro
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