Usually means: Prolonged, extreme heatwave, often dangerous.
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  8. canicule: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
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  10. Canicule: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  11. canicule: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
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▸ noun:  (archaic) Synonym of dog days.

Similar:
canicular days, dog days, Canicula, caneology, pose, caloriduct, kotyle, cystis, cauterism, couhage, more...

Opposite:
hiver, winter, cold spell

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Similar:
canicular days, dog days, Canicula, caneology, pose, caloriduct, kotyle, cystis, cauterism, couhage, more...

Opposite:
hiver, winter, cold spell



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