a. Nat. Hist. [ad. mod.L. canāliculāris, f. canālicul-us; see below. Cf. F. canaliculaire.] Of, pertaining to, or resembling a canaliculus; minutely tubular.
1878. Bell, Gegenbaurs Comp. Anat., 144. The special metamorphoses of the fibres into canalicular, or flattened cylindrical forms.