Sirius

2 definitions found

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

  Sirius \Sir"i*us\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ???, properly, scorching.]
     (Astron.)
     The Dog Star. See {Dog Star}.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



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