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Webster 1913 Edition

Canicula

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Ca-nic′u-la

,

Noun.

[L.

canicula

, lit., a little dog, a diminutive of

canis

dog; cf. F.

canicule

.]

(Astron.)

The Dog Star; Sirius.

Webster 1828 Edition

Canicula

CANICULA

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