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Noun: canto  kan-tow
  1. The highest part (usually the melody) in a piece of choral music
     
  2. A major division of a long poem

Derived forms: cantos

Type of: section, subdivision, voice part

Part of: poem, verse form

Encyclopedia: Canto

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