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Adjective: canicular  ku'ni-kyu-lu(r)
  1. Of or relating to the dog days of summer
    "the canicular heat of the Deep South"
     
  2. Relating to or especially immediately preceding or following the heliacal rising of Canicula (the Dog Star)
    "canicular days"