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}]