sirius

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
Sirius
    n 1: the brightest star in the sky; in Canis Major [syn:
         {Sirius}, {Dog Star}, {Canicula}, {Sothis}]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Sirius \Sir"i*us\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ???, properly, scorching.]
   (Astron.)
   The Dog Star. See {Dog Star}.
   [1913 Webster]
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