Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A binary star in the constellation Canis Minor, approximately 11 light years from Earth.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An ancient constellation: same as
Canis Minor . SeeCanis . - noun The principal star of the constellation Canis Minor, the eighth brightest in the heavens.
- noun In zoology, the typical genus of the family Procyonidæ, and the only genus of the subfamily Procyoninæ, founded by Storr in 1784, containing the racoons. See cut under
racoon .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Astron.) A star of the first magnitude in the constellation
Canis Minor , or the Little Dog. - noun (Zoöl.) A genus of mammals including the raccoon.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- proper noun astronomy A
star in theconstellation Canis Minor ; Alpha (α) Canis Minoris. The eighth brightest star in the night sky. - proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thefamily Procyonidae — theraccoons .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the type genus of the family Procyonidae: raccoons
- noun the brightest star in Canis Minor
Etymologies
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Examples
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We afterwards found a good supply, at a lagoon about half a mile lower down; from which a little dog of mine (called Procyon), had come out wet, and so made it known to us.
Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia 2003
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We afterwards found a good supply, at a lagoon about half a mile lower down; from which a little dog of mine (called Procyon), had come out wet, and so made it known to us.
Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia Thomas Mitchell 1823
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a little north of east about half an hour before Sirius, the Dog Star, hence it was called Procyon from two Greek words which signify "before the dog."
A Field Book of the Stars William Tyler Olcott 1904
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For some lost reason, men found it hard to decide which sun to go to, but eventually, with the aid of instruments in which they were cunning, they picked on a bright sun called "Procyon" to which planets were attached, and which was only a distance called "eleven light-years" away.
Starship Aldiss, Brian 1959
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'' 'Procyon' '', also known as '' 'Alpha Canis Minoris' '' or the '' 'Little Dog Star' '', is the brighter of two stars that make up the constellation [[Canis Minor]].
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'' 'Procyon' '', also known as '' 'Alpha Canis Minoris' '' or the '' 'Little Dog Star' '', is the brighter of thet wo stars that make up the constellation
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The commotion continued for the few minutes it took for the satellites overhead to search the misty hills surrounding Procyon.
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The ISS will pass almost directly overhead at 7:26 p.m., then slip into the Earth's shadow at 7:27, vanishing near the bright star Procyon.
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Rocket Attack on FOB Procyon by submissionJanuary 22nd, 2009
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Procyon is orbited by a white dwarf companion first seen optically in 1896.
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