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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. of or relating to the dog days of summer;
- Example: "the canicular heat of the Deep South"

2. relating to or especially immediately preceding or following the heliacal rising of Canicula (the Dog Star);
- Example: "canicular days"



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Canicular \Ca*nic"u*lar\, a. [L. canicularis; cf. F.
   caniculaire.]
   Pertaining to, or measured, by the rising of the Dog Star.
   [1913 Webster]

   Canicular days, the dog days, See Dog days.

   Canicular year, the Egyptian year, computed from one
      heliacal rising of the Dog Star to another.
      [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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"