See Also: Canopic(dictionary)
canopic jar(encyclopedia)

Canopic (iou)



Canopic adjective. Also canopic. L19.
[Latin Canopicus, from Canopus a town in ancient Egypt: see CANOPUS, -IC.]
Designating (in Canopic vase, Canopic jar) a covered urn used in ancient Egyptian burials to hold the entrails and other visceral organs from an embalmed body.