'Canopus' definitions:

Definition of 'Canopus'

(from WordNet)
noun
Supergiant star 650 light years from Earth; second brightest star in the sky

Definition of 'Canopus'

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