Canicular

[kә'nikjulә]

(adj.) relating to or especially immediately preceding or following the heliacal rising of Canicula (the Dog Star); 'canicular days' .

(adj.) of or relating to the dog days of summer; 'the canicular heat of the Deep South' .

Checked by Curtis--From WordNet

(a.) Pertaining to, or measured, by the rising of the Dog Star.

Inputed by Camille

adj. pertaining to the Dog-star (Canic′ula) or to the Dog-days: (coll. and hum.) pertaining to a dog.

Editor: Mervin