Dog Star \Dog" Star`\ Sirius, a star of the constellation Canis Major, or the Greater Dog, and the brightest star in the heavens; -- called also {Canicula}, and, in astronomical charts, {[alpha] Canis Majoris}. See {Dog days}.
Canicula n : the brightest star in the sky; in Canis Major [syn: {Sirius}, {Dog Star}, {Sothis}]