canopus
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Noun (1)
- supergiant star 650 light years from Earth; second brightest star in the skyInstance of supergiantMember of Carina
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Ca·no′pus noun
Origin: L. Canopus, fr. Gr. …, town of Egypt.
Astronomy A star of the first magnitude in the southern constellation Argo.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54