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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.