CanisMajor

CanisMajor
Ca·nis Major (kā'nĭs, kăn'ĭs) n.
A constellation in the Southern Hemisphere near Puppis and Lepus, containing the star Sirius.
  [Latin Canis Māior: canis, dog + māior, larger.]

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