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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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Dictionary Results for canicular:

1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

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"

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Canicular \Ca*nic"u*lar\, a. [L. canicularis; cf. F.
   caniculaire.]
   Pertaining to, or measured, by the rising of the Dog Star.
   [1913 Webster]

   Canicular days, the dog days, See Dog days.

   Canicular year, the Egyptian year, computed from one
      heliacal rising of the Dog Star to another.
      [1913 Webster]

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