cannŭla, ae, f. dim. [canna].
I A small , low reed , Ap. Met. 4, 6, 22; Mart. Cap. 2, § 224.—*
II (Cf. canna, II. C.) Pulmonis, the windpipe , Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 13, 152.
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