Ear part (5 letters)

{ Answer }

CANAL

{ Related Clues }

Alimentary ___
Duct
Erie, for one
Suez, for one
Waterway
Barge's route
Erie or Panama
Kiel or Suez
Lock site
Locks locale
Mars marking
Mars sighting
Martian marking
Panama, e.g.
Place for a gondola
Place for locks
Shortcut for a ship
Suez or Panama
Venice street
De Lesseps achievement
De Lesseps feat
De Lesseps's feat
Sight from Buzzards Bay
Something not really on Mars
This may be alimentary

{ Tags }

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{ Notes }

The answer CANAL is seen frequently, appearing about once every 200 puzzles.

{ Definition }

CANAL as a noun:

1. (astronomy) an indistinct surface feature of Mars once thought to be a system of channels; they are now believed to be an optical illusion

2. (duct, epithelial duct, canal, channel) = a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance; "the tear duct was obstructed"; "the alimentary canal"; "poison is released through a channel in the snake's fangs"

3. long and narrow strip of water made for boats or for irrigation

CANAL as a verb:

1. (canal, canalize, canalise) = provide (a city) with a canal