[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

canicular \canic"ular\, a. l. canicularis; cf. f.
   caniculaire.
   pertaining to, or measured, by the rising of the dog star.
   1913 webster

   canicular days, the dog days, see dog days.

   canicular year, the egyptian year, computed from one
      heliacal rising of the dog star to another.
      1913 webster
see also:
canicular days dog days canicular year 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

canicular
     adj 1: of or relating to the dog days of summer; "the canicular
            heat of the deep south"
     2: relating to or especially immediately preceding or following
        the heliacal rising of canicula the dog star; "canicular
        days"

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

63 moby thesaurus words for "canicular":
   aestival, arctic, ardent, autumn, autumnal, baking, blistering,
   boiling, boreal, broiling, brumal, burning, burning hot, ebullient,
   equinoctial, feverish, flushed, grilling, heated, hibernal, hiemal,
   hot, hot as fire, hot as hell, like a furnace, like an oven,
   midsummer, midwinter, out of season, overheated, overwarm,
   parching, piping hot, red-hot, roasting, scalding, scorching,
   searing, seasonal, seething, simmering, sizzling hot, smoking hot,
   solstitial, spring, springlike, sudorific, summer, summerlike,
   summerly, summery, sweating, sweaty, sweltering, sweltry, toasting,
   torrid, vernal, white-hot, winter, winterlike, wintery, wintry

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