canicular adjective. [kǝ'nɪkjʊlǝ] ME.
[Late Latin canicularis, from canicula dog-star, dim. of canis dog.]
1. Of or pertaining to the dog-star (Sirius); of or pertaining to the dog-days. ME.
canicular days the dog-days. canicular year the ancient Egyptian year computed from one heliacal rising of Sirius to the next.
■ E. Pound The dry earth pants against the canicular heat.

2. Pertaining to a dog. joc. L16.

■ canicule noun (rare) [French] the dog-days E18.

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