___ Major (Sirius's constellation)
The crossword clue "___ Major (Sirius's constellation)" is answered by CANIS, a 5-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus.
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CANIS
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Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for CANIS
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- ___ Major - used 15 times, most recently in 2011
- ___ Major (constellation) - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- ___ Major (Sirius' constellation) - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
- ___ Major or Minor - used 7 times, most recently in 2000
- Dog genus - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
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