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Zeta Canis Majoris (ζ CMa ζ Canis Majoris) is a spectroscopic binary in the constellation Canis Major. It has the traditional name Furud or Phurud from the Arabic ألفرد al-furud meaning the bright single ones or perhaps by a transcriber’s error from Al Ḳurūd (ألقرد – al-qird) the Apes or Al Agribah (أل أغربة) the Raven by Al Sufi referring to the surrounding small stars with some of those of Columba (ζ CMa λ CMa γ Col δ Col θ Col κ Col λ Col μ Col and ξ Col).
