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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Canicular

· Ca·nic·u·lar · IPA
01 a. Pertaining to, or measured, by the rising of the Dog Star.
  1. 1.
    Pertaining to, or measured, by the rising of the Dog Star.
Phrases & compounds
Canicular days — the dog days, See Dog days.
Canicular year — the Egyptian year, computed from one heliacal rising of the Dog Star to another.