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  • noun Plural form of canal.

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Examples

  • These openings are sections of canals called _Haversian canals_, after Havers, an English physician, who first discovered them.

    A Practical Physiology Albert F. Blaisdell

  • Surfing in the canals is still technically against the law.

    Munich’s Malibu 2008

  • Surfing in the canals is still technically against the law.

    Munich’s Malibu 2008

  • Surfing in the canals is still technically against the law.

    Munich’s Malibu 2008

  • And a good use of the victims, to let them sign up to put in canals, as the CCC did for San Antonio.

    Should New Orleans be rebuilt? « BuzzMachine 2005

  • Living quarters carved out of ephithelial cells; cable, electrical wirings, plumbing, et al. inserted through resin canals; built-in green roof; exterior pollution scrubbers.

    Archive 2005-10-01 2005

  • Living quarters carved out of ephithelial cells; cable, electrical wirings, plumbing, et al. inserted through resin canals; built-in green roof; exterior pollution scrubbers.

    Microscopic Wood Anatomy 2005

  • I think one of my ear canals is smaller than the other.

    Is That an iPod in Your Pocket? 2004

  • I think one of my ear canals is smaller than the other.

    December 2004 2004

  • He explained that the water entering the canals is now treated.

    Xochimilco - Up A Lazy River In Mexico City 2003

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