Canes Venatici

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. A constellation in the Northern Hemisphere near Ursa Major and Boötes, under the handle of the Big Dipper.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. The hunting dogs or hounds, Asterion and Cleara, a modern constellation formed by Hevelius between Boötes and Ursa Major.

Wiktionary

1. n. astronomy A dim spring constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a pair of hunting dogs (Chara and Asterion) held on a leash by Boötes and following the bear Ursa Major.