canicule

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

canicule
    n 1: the hot period between early July and early September; a
         period of inactivity [syn: {dog days}, {canicule},
         {canicular days}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Canicule \Can"i*cule\, n.
   Canicula. --Addison.
   [1913 Webster]

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