great dog

1. 1.

   a constellation to the southeast of Orion; contains Sirius

   SynonymsCanis Major

   Broaderconstellation

Questions about great dog

What does great dog mean?

great dog means "a constellation to the southeast of Orion; contains Sirius".

What is another word for great dog?

Close synonyms include Canis Major. 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 great dog a common word?

great dog is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.