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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Canicula

· Ca·nic·u·la · IPA

01 n. The Dog Star; Sirius.

[L. canicula, lit., a little dog, a diminutive of canis dog; cf. F. canicule.]

1.
The Dog Star; Sirius.(Astron.)

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