Canicula

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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