noun, feminine/kaˈnikula/plural: canículas
dog days (the days between early July and early September when Sirius rises and sets with the Sun)
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 canīculabor. Spanish canícula Borrowed from Latin canīcula. Doublet of canijo (and the feminine canija).