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CANOPUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Canopus mean?
• CANOPUS (noun)
The noun CANOPUS has 1 sense:
1. supergiant star 650 light years from Earth; second brightest star in the sky
Familiarity information: CANOPUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Supergiant star 650 light years from Earth; second brightest star in the sky
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Instance hypernyms:
supergiant (an extremely bright star of very large diameter and low density)
Holonyms ("Canopus" is a member of...):
Carina (a keel-shaped constellation in the southern hemisphere; contains the star Canopus)
Context examples
Near the Canopus?
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
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