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Meaning of CANOPUS

Pronunciation:  ku'nowpus

 
WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
[n]  supergiant star 650 light years from Earth; second brightest star in the sky
 

CANOPUS is a 7 letter word that starts with C.

 

 See Also: Carina, supergiant

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Ca*no"pus\, n. [L. Canopus, fr. Gr. ?, town of Egypt.]
(Astron.)
A star of the first magnitude in the southern constellation
Argo.

 

 

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