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aining to the urinary and genital organs; genitourinary; urogenital; as, the urinogenital canal.

Specifically, the canal which leads from the uterus to the external orifice if the genital canal, or to the cloaca.

Of or pertaining to the vagina of the genital canal; as, the vaginal artery.

Inflammation of the vagina, or the genital canal, usually of its mucous living membrane.

Pertaining both to the abdomen and groin, or to the abdomen and inguinal canal; as, ventro-inguinal hernia.

e as Lady's comb. (b) (Zoöl.) A species of Murex (M. tenuispinus). It has a long, tubular canal, with a row of long, slender spines along both of its borders, and rows of similar spines covering the body of the shell. Called also Venus's shell. -- Venus's fan (Zoöl.), a common reticulated, fanshaped gorgonia (Gorgonia…

tery; -- said of the foramina in the transverse processes of cervical vertebræ and of the canal which they form for the vertebral artery and vein.

Any tube or canal in which the blood or other fluids are contained, secreted, or circulated, as the arteries, veins, lymphatics, etc.

The art of making roads or ways for traveling, including the construction of bridges, canals, viaducts, etc. [R.] R. Park.

cavity or tube (Anat.), the ventral cavity of a vertebrate, which contains the alimentary canal, as distinguished from the dorsal, or cerebro-spinal, canal. -- Visceral clefts (Anat.), transverse clefts on the sides just back of the mouth in the vertebrate embryo, which open into the pharyngeal portion of the alimenta…

An overfall, or weir, for the escape, or overflow, of superfluous water from a canal, reservoir, pond, or the like.

A natural channel for water; also, a canal for the conveyance of water, especially in draining lands.

A man who plies for hire on rivers, lakes, or canals, or in harbors, in distinction from a seaman who is engaged on the high seas; a man who manages fresh-water craft; a boatman; a ferryman.

A lock, as on a canal, in which boats are weighed and their tonnage is settled.

f timber, masonry, iron, earth, or other material, built on the shore of a harbor, river, canal, or the like, and usually extending from the shore to deep water, so that vessels may lie close alongside to receive and discharge cargo, passengers, etc.; a quay; a pier. Commerce pushes its wharves into the sea. Bancroft.…

A small gate by which the chamber of canal locks is emptied, or by which the amount of water passing to a water wheel is regulated.

marine spiral gastropods, esp., in the United States, either of two species of Fulgar (F. canaliculata, and F. carica).

-- Woodcock shell, the shell of certain mollusks of the genus Murex, having a very long canal, with or without spines. -- Woodcock snipe. See under Snipe.

Spaniards, before which they had been conquered by the Incas. They constructed irrigation canals which are still in use, adorned their buildings with bas-reliefs and frescoes, and were skilled goldsmiths and silversmiths. -- Yun"can (#), a.