[ kə'nəʊpɪk ]
■ noun a covered urn used in ancient Egyptian burials to hold the visceral organs from an embalmed body.
Origin
C19: Canopic from L. Canopicus , from Canopus , a town in ancient Egypt.
[ kə'nəʊpɪk ]
■ noun a covered urn used in ancient Egyptian burials to hold the visceral organs from an embalmed body.
Origin
C19: Canopic from L. Canopicus , from Canopus , a town in ancient Egypt.
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004