'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]