CANICULAR DAYS

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

The hot period between early July and early September; a period of inactivity

Synonyms:

canicular days; canicule; dog days

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Hypernyms ("canicular days" is a kind of...):

period; period of time; time period (an amount of time)

Holonyms ("canicular days" is a part of...):

summer; summertime (the warmest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox)

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