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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the brightest star in the sky; in Canis Major;
[syn: Sirius, Dog Star, Canicula, Sothis]


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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Sirius n 1: the brightest star in the sky; in Canis Major [syn: Sirius, Dog Star, Canicula, Sothis]