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can·to    Audio Help   [kan-toh] Pronunciation Key
–noun, plural -tos.
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
[Origin: 1580–90; < It < L cant(us) singing, song, equiv. to can(ere) to sing + -tus suffix of v. action; cf. cant1, chant]
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can·to    Audio Help   (kān'tō)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   pl. can·tos
One of the principal divisions of a long poem.


[Italian, from Latin cantus, song; see canticle.]

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