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Proper noun

Dog Star

1. (astronomy) A bluish-white star in the constellation Canis Major; Alpha (α) Canis Majoris. A vertex of the Winter Triangle and the brightest star in the night sky. It is actually a binary star with a white dwarf companion star.

Synonyms

• (bluish-white star): Al Shira, Blazing Star, Canicula, Sirius

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