Ca|nis Major

Ca|nis Major
Ca|nis Major «KAY nihs», genitive Ca|nis Ma|jo|ris.
a constellation southeast of Orion that contains Sirius, the brightest of the fixed stars.
[< Latin Canis Major greater dog]

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