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Definition of: aqueduct
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(ak′wə·dukt) noun
1. A water-conduit, particularly one for supplying a community from a distance.
2. A structure supporting a canal carried across a river or over low ground.
3. Anat. Any of several canals through which body liquids are conducted: the Fallopian aqueduct. [< L aquaeductus < aqua water + ductus, pp. of ducere lead]
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