Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun canicula
1 sense of canicula
Sense 1
Sirius, Dog Star, Canicula, Sothis -- (the brightest star in the sky; in Canis Major)
INSTANCE OF=> binary star, binary, double star -- (a system of two stars that revolve around each other under their mutual gravitation)