Că-nĭc'ŭ-lā or Căn'ĭ-cūle, n.

n. [Lat. canicula, a little dog, the heat-bringing Dog-star, diminutive of canis, dog; Fr. canicule, Pr. canicule.] (Astron.) A star in the constellation of Canis Major, called also the Dog-star, or Sirius; a star of the first magnitude, and the largest and brightest of all the fixed stars.