sirius

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Synonyms: siris, virius, sirus, sircus

Antonyms: siris, virius, sirus, sircus

Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.

Proper noun

1. {{lb|en|star}} A [[telescopic]] [[binary star]], visually the brightest [[star]] in the night sky, a part of the northern [[constellation]] of [[Canis Major]] (the Greater Dog), one of three stars in the [[Winter Triangle]] [[asterism]]. Long understood as a single extremely [[luminous]] white star, it was associated in [[ancient]] [[Egypt]] with the [[Nile]] [[flood]] and in [[Greek]] and [[Roman]] [[culture]] with the "[[dog days]]" of [[summer]].
2. {{lb|en|star|specifically}} The brightest star of the aforementioned star system; the white [[main-sequence star]] Sirius A.

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