Usually means: Constellation representing a large dog.
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  1. Canis Major: Merriam-Webster
  2. Canis Major: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. Canis Major: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. Canis Major: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Canis Major: Vocabulary.com
  6. Canis Major: Wordnik
  7. Canis Major: Wiktionary
  8. Canis Major: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. Canis Major: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. Canis Major: Dictionary.com
  11. Canis Major (constellation), Canis Major, Canis major: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. Canis major: Rhymezone
  13. canis major: FreeDictionary.org
  14. canis major: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. Canis Major: TheFreeDictionary.com
  16. Canis Major: Merriam-Webster

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  1. Canis Major (constellation), Canis Major: Encyclopedia

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  1. CANIS MAJOR: Zoom Astronomy Glossary

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  1. Canis Major: Urban Dictionary

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  1. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (Canis Major)

noun:  (astronomy) A winter constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a dog following the hunter Orion. It includes the brightest star in the night sky, Sirius (sometimes called the Dog Star).

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