canicula

3 definitions found

canicula - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Dog Star \Dog" Star`\
     Sirius, a star of the constellation Canis Major, or the
     Greater Dog, and the brightest star in the heavens; -- called
     also Canicula, and, in astronomical charts, [alpha] Canis Majoris
     . See Dog days.
     [1913 Webster]

  Canicula \Ca*nic"u*la\, n. [L. canicula, lit., a little dog, a
     diminutive of canis dog; cf. F. canicule.] (Astron.)
     The Dog Star; Sirius.
     [1913 Webster]

canicula - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Canicula
      n 1: the brightest star in the sky; in Canis Major [syn:
           Sirius, Dog Star, Canicula, Sothis]