Procyon

== Translingual == === Etymology === New Latin, from Ancient Greek πρό (pró, “before, in place of”) + κύων (kúōn, “dog”) === Proper noun === Procyon m A taxonomic genus within the family Procyonidae – raccoons. ==== 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 lotor (common raccoon) – type species; Procyon cancrivorus (crab-eating raccoon), Procyon pygmaeus (Cozumel raccoon or pygmy raccoon) – other extant species === References === Procyon (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Procyon on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Procyon on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons == English == === 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. ==== Translations ==== === See also === (Behenian fixed stars) Alcyone, Aldebaran, Algol, Algorab, Alkaid, Alphecca, Antares, Arcturus, Capella, Deneb Algedi, Procyon, Regulus, Sirius, Spica, Vega == Latin == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek Προκύων (Prokúōn), from πρό (pró, “before”) + κύων (kúōn, “dog”), in reference to it preceding the "Dog Star" Sirius. === Proper noun === Procyōn m sg (genitive Procyōnis); third declension (astronomy) Canis Minor ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun, singular only. === 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.