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Canicular

Canicular Meaning & Definition
Canicular Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Canicular?

[adj] relating to or especially immediately preceding or following the heliacal rising of Canicula (the Dog Star); "canicular days"
[adj] of or relating to the dog days of summer; "the canicular heat of the Deep South"

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Canicular In Webster's Dictionary

\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.

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