canis major

1. 1.

   a constellation to the southeast of Orion; contains Sirius

   SynonymsGreat Dog

   Broaderconstellation

Questions about canis major

What does canis major mean?

canis major means "a constellation to the southeast of Orion; contains Sirius".

What is another word for canis major?

Close synonyms include Great Dog. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is canis major a common word?

canis major is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.