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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Canicular \Ca*nic"u*lar\, a. [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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: 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"
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