CANICULAR

canicular. Canicular, a. of or belonging to the dogstar

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Ca‐nic″u‐lar (?), a. [[L. canicularis; cf. F. caniculaire.]] Pertaining to, or measured, by the rising of the Dog Star. Canicular days, the dog days, See Dog days. — Canicular year, the Egyptian year, computed from one heliacal rising of the Dog Star to another.