Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Sirius"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sirius \Sir"i*us\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ???, properly, scorching.]
(Astron.)
The Dog Star. See {Dog Star}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Sirius
n : the brightest star in the sky; in Canis Major [syn: {Sirius},
{Dog Star}, {Canicula}, {Sothis}]
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