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- noun astronomy Genitive form of
Canis Major used when naming stars, such as α Canis Majoris.
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Examples
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FURUD, or PHURUD (fu-rōd), ζ _Canis Majoris_, "the bright single one."
A Field Book of the Stars William Tyler Olcott 1904
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SIR´-I-US, α _Canis Majoris_, "the sparkling star or scorcher."
A Field Book of the Stars William Tyler Olcott 1904
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ALUDRA (al-ö´-dra), η _Canis Majoris_, "the virgins."
A Field Book of the Stars William Tyler Olcott 1904
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A-DAR´-A, ε _Canis Majoris_, "the virgins," a name for four stars, of which Adara is brightest.
A Field Book of the Stars William Tyler Olcott 1904
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MURZIM or MIRZAM (mer-zäm´), β _Canis Majoris_, "the announcer" or "the roarer."
A Field Book of the Stars William Tyler Olcott 1904
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The term "dog days" was coined by the ancient Romans, who called these hot and humid days caniculares dies or "days of the dogs" after the star Sirius -- Canis Majoris, the "Greater Dog," which is one of the hunting dogs of Orion.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Donna Henes 2011
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The Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer (VIMS) observed Saturn atmosphere occultations of the stars alpha Orionis, alpha Canis Majoris, and alpha Canis Minoris, otherwise known as Betelgeuse, Sirius, and Procyon.
SpaceRef Top Stories 2010
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No, it should be VY Canis Majoris, and it has been renamed so, I just made a mistake with the article title, is fixed now.
Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] Jpatt 2010
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VW Canis Majoris, why do you have "VY Canis Majoris is a ..." and other mentions of a
Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] Jpatt 2010
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It would take 7×10¹⁵ Earths to fill the volume of VY Canis Majoris.
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