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can⋅ne⋅lure

[kan-l-oor]
–noun
1. a groove or fluting around the cylindrical part of a bullet.
2. any groove or fluting on a cylinderlike object.

can⋅ne⋅lured, adjective
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can·ne·lure   (kān'ə-lŏŏr')   
n.  A groove around the cylinder of a bullet.

[French, alteration of cannelature, from Old Italian cannellatura, from cannello, small tube; see cannelloni.]
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