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View synonyms for Dog Star
Dog Star
noun
- the bright star Sirius, in Canis Major.
- the bright star Procyon, in Canis Minor.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Dog Star1
First recorded in 1570–80
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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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