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Canis Major definition

Ca·nis Ma·jor (kā′nis mā′jər)

a S constellation between Monoceros and Columba, containing the bright star Sirius; the Greater Dog

Etymology: L, the Greater Dog

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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