Procyon
Translingual
Etymology
New Latin, from Ancient Greek πρό (pró, “in place of”) + κύων (kúōn, “dog”)
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Deuterostomia - infrakingdom; Chordata - phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Tetrapoda - superclass; Mammalia - class; Theria - supercohort; Eutheria - infraclass; Carnivora - order; Caniformia - suborder; Procyonidae - family; Procyoninae - subfamily
Hyponyms
- (genus): Procyon cancrivorus (crab-eating raccoon), Procyon lotor (common raccoon), Procyon pygmaeus (Cozumel raccoon or pygmy raccoon) (species)
References
Procyon (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Procyon on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Procyon on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
English
![](../I/m/Canis_minor_constellation_map_negative_cropped.png)
Procyon in constellation Canis Minor
Etymology
From Latin Procyōn, from Ancient Greek Προκύων (Prokúōn), from πρό (pró, “before”) + κύων (kúōn, “dog”), in reference to it preceding the "Dog Star" Sirius.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpɹəʊsiˌɒn/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈpɹoʊsiˌɑn/
Proper noun
Procyon
- (astronomy) A star in the constellation Canis Minor; Alpha (α) Canis Minoris. The eighth brightest star in the night sky.
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Προκύων (Prokúōn), from πρό (pró, “before”) + κύων (kúōn, “dog”), in reference to it preceding the "Dog Star" Sirius.
References
- Procyon in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Procyon in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Procyon in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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