Usually means: Intense, hot period in summer.
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  1. Canicula: Collins English Dictionary
  2. Canicula: Vocabulary.com
  3. canicula: Wordnik
  4. Canicula: Wiktionary
  5. Canicula: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  6. Canicula, canicula: Dictionary.com
  7. Canicula: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. Canicula: Rhymezone
  9. canicula: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  10. canicula: FreeDictionary.org
  11. canicula: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. Canicula: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Canicula: Encyclopedia

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  1. canicula: Urban Dictionary

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▸ noun:  (historical astronomy) Synonym of Sirius, particularly in Latin contexts.

Similar:
Sothis, Sirius, Dog Star, canicule, canicular days, Circinus, versiculus, Caelum, kotyle, Cervula, more...

Opposite:
hibernation, winter, cold, frigid, frosty

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Similar:
Sothis, Sirius, Dog Star, canicule, canicular days, Circinus, versiculus, Caelum, kotyle, Cervula, more...

Opposite:
hibernation, winter, cold, frigid, frosty



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