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Webster 1913 Edition


Procyon

Pro′cy-on

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Noun.
[L., a constellation which rises before the Dog Star, Gr. [GREEK]; [GREEK] before + [GREEK] a dog. ]
1.
(Astron.)
A star of the first magnitude in the constellation Canis Minor, or the Little Dog.
2.
(Zool.)
A genus of mammals including the raccoon.