GREAT DOG

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Great Dog mean? 

• GREAT DOG (noun)
  The noun GREAT DOG has 1 sense:

1. a constellation to the southeast of Orion; contains Sirius

  Familiarity information: GREAT DOG used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GREAT DOG (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A constellation to the southeast of Orion; contains Sirius

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

Canis Major; Great Dog

Instance hypernyms:

constellation (a configuration of stars as seen from the earth)

Meronyms (members of "Great Dog"):

Canicula; Dog Star; Sirius; Sothis (the brightest star in the sky; in Canis Major)

 Context examples 

No trace has ever been found of the great dog; at which there is much mourning, for, with public opinion in its present state, he would, I believe, be adopted by the town.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

I got upon the desk immediately, apprehensive of at least a great dog underneath.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

It was very near, but not yet in sight; when, in addition to the tramp, tramp, I heard a rush under the hedge, and close down by the hazel stems glided a great dog, whose black and white colour made him a distinct object against the trees.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

I very soon started back from there, for the empty dog-kennel was filled up with a great dog—deep mouthed and black-haired like Him—and he was very angry at the sight of me, and sprang out to get at me.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)