[kә'nikjulә]
n.
[天] 天狼星

[ noun ]
the brightest star in the sky; in Canis Major
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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}.


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.