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canto (kan′tō)

noun pl. cantos -·tos

any of the main divisions of certain long poems, corresponding to the chapters of a book

Etymology: It < L cantus, song: see chant

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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