Canopic jar
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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."
- 2 a jar used in ancient Egypt to contain entrails of an embalmed body wordnet
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
From Latin Canōpicus, from Canopus + -icus.