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Webster 1913 Edition
Canicular
Ca-nic′u-lar
,Adj.
[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.