Odd-sounding canal? Crossword Clue

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Odd-sounding canal? Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. the 4th largest of the Great Lakes; it is linked to the Hudson River by the New York State Barge Canal
2. a member of an Iroquoian people formerly living on the south shore of Lake Erie in northern Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania and western New York

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

SOUNDING (adjective)
1. appearing to be as specified; usually used as combining forms
2. having volume or deepness
SOUNDING (noun)
1. a measure of the depth of water taken with a sounding line
2. the act of measuring depth of water (usually with a sounding line)
CANAL (noun)
1. a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance
2. (astronomy) an indistinct surface feature of Mars once thought to be a system of channels; they are now believed to be an optical illusion
CANAL (verb)
1. provide (a city) with a canal

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