Found 2 items, similar to Canicula.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: Canicula Canicula n : the brightest star in the sky; in Canis Major [syn: Sirius, Dog Star, Sothis]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Canicula Dog Star \Dog" Star`\ Sirius, a star of the constellation Canis Major, or the Greater Dog, and the brightest star in the heavens; -- called also Canicula, and, in astronomical charts, [alpha] Canis Majoris . See Dog days. [1913 Webster] Canicula \Ca*nic"u*la\, n. [L. canicula, lit., a little dog, a diminutive of canis dog; cf. F. canicule.] (Astron.) The Dog Star; Sirius. [1913 Webster]