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canicula.

bitch (also people); dog-star; dog-fish, shark; dog-days; lowest throw at dice;

8 characters4 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[kaˈniː.kʊ.ɫa]Classical-Latin[kaˈniː.ku.la]

  1. diminutive of canis

    declension-1 · diminutive · form-of

  2. little dog

    declension-1

  3. dogfish, shark

    declension-1
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓder. Latin canēs Latin canis Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Proto-Italic *-kelos Latin -cula Latin canicula From canis (“dog”) + -cula. The sense ‘dogfish, shark’ is probably a calque of Ancient Greek σκύλιον (skúlion).

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