Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Canopus"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Canopus \Ca*no"pus\, n. [L. Canopus, fr. Gr. ?, town of Egypt.]
(Astron.)
A star of the first magnitude in the southern constellation
Argo.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Canopus
n : supergiant star 650 light years from Earth; second brightest
star in the sky [syn: {Canopus}]
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