Hypertext Webster Gateway: "canicular"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Canicular \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
canicular
adj 1: of or relating to the dog days of summer; "the canicular
heat of the Deep South"
2: relating to or especially immediately preceding or following
the heliacal rising of Canicula (the Dog Star); "canicular
days"
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