Main Entry:

¹can·o·py

Pronunciation:

\ˈka-nə-pē\

Function:

noun

Inflected Form(s):

plural can·o·pies

Etymology:

Middle English canope, from Medieval Latin canopeum mosquito net, from Latin conopeum, from Greek kōnōpion, from kōnōps mosquito

Date:

14th century

1 a: a cloth covering suspended over a bed b: a cover (as of cloth) fixed or carried above a person of high rank or a sacred object : baldachin c: a protective covering: as (1): the uppermost spreading branchy layer of a forest (2): awning, marquee 2: an ornamental rooflike structure3 a: the transparent enclosure over an airplane cockpit b: the fabric part of a parachute that catches the air