Definition of canicular Canicular
ca•nic•u•lar
We found 6 definitions of canicular from 4 different sources.
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What does canicular mean?
WordNet
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| canicular - relating to or especially immediately preceding or following the heliacal rising of Canicula (the Dog Star); "canicular days" | ||
| canicular - of or relating to the dog days of summer; "the canicular heat of the Deep South" |
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Wiktionary 
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- canicular (a.)
Pertaining to, or measured, by the rising of the Dog Star.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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canicular
ka-nik′ū-lar, adj. pertaining to the Dog-star (Canic′ula) or to the Dog-days: (coll. and hum.) pertaining to a dog. [L. canicularis, canicula, dim. of canis, a dog.]
