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Etymologies
- Latin Procyōn, from Greek Prokuōn : pro-, before; see pro-2 + kuōn, dog; see kwon- in Indo-European roots.
Examples
“The European glutton and American wolverine (_gulo_), the badgers of both continents, and of Asia (_meles_), the raccoon (_procyon_), the”
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metaphoric references to dogs
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chained_bear "... in astronomy, a bright fixed star of the second magnitude, in the body of the constellation Canis Minor, or the Little Dog...."
—Falconer's New Universal Dictionary of the Marine (1816), 356 Oct 12, 2008