Dŏg’stär, n.
n. Sirius, a star of the first magnitude, whose rising and setting with the sun originally gave name to the dog-days;—known also as Canicula, and a Canis Majoris.
n. Sirius, a star of the first magnitude, whose rising and setting with the sun originally gave name to the dog-days;—known also as Canicula, and a Canis Majoris.