(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 22:20:18

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.

 

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