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CANICULE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The hot period between early July and early September; a period of inactivity
Synonyms:
canicular days; canicule; dog days
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("canicule" is a kind of...):
period; period of time; time period (an amount of time)
Holonyms ("canicule" is a part of...):
summer; summertime (the warmest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox)
Derivation:
canicular (relating to or especially immediately preceding or following the heliacal rising of Canicula (the Dog Star))
canicular (of or relating to the dog days of summer)
