Dog Star

noun

1. the bright star Sirius, in Canis Major.
2. the bright star Procyon, in Canis Minor.

Dog Star

noun

1. the Dog Star
   another name for Sirius

Word History and Origins

Origin of Dog Star¹

First recorded in 1570–80

Example Sentences

The wild beasts are driven out of these places, at the time of the rising of the dog-star, by large gnats.

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By the rising of the Pleiades, denoting the beginning of Summer, and by that of the Dog-star, the declination thereof.

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Her tanned hide braves the heats of the dog-star, and, in the evening, she arrives as fresh as if she had just risen from bed.

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The star Sirius—the Dog Star, it's called—it moved a good sixty degrees, then stopped dead!

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An irregularity of motion resembling that of Sirius has been detected with regard to Procyon, the lesser dog-star.

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