Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Procyon"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Procyon \Pro"cy*on\, n. [L., a constellation which rises before
the Dog Star, Gr. ?; ? before + ? a dog. ]
1. (Astron.) A star of the first magnitude in the
constellation Canis Minor, or the Little Dog.
2. (Zo["o]l.) A genus of mammals including the raccoon.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Procyon
n 1: the brightest star in Canis Minor [syn: {Procyon}]
2: type genus of the family Procyonidae: raccoons [syn: {Procyon},
{genus Procyon}]
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