ca·nic·u·lar /kəˈnɪkjəlɚ/
Ca·nic·u·lar a. Pertaining to, or measured, by the rising of the Dog Star.
Canicular days, the dog days, See Dog days.
Canicular year, the Egyptian year, computed from one heliacal rising of the Dog Star to another.
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canicular
adj 1: of or relating to the dog days of summer; "the canicular
heat of the Deep South"
2: relating to or especially immediately preceding or following
the heliacal rising of Canicula (the Dog Star); "canicular
days"