Procyon
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Procyon lotor 
Procyon in constellation Canis Minor
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 
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
Proper noun
Procyon
- (astronomy) A star in the constellation Canis Minor; Alpha (α) Canis Minoris. The eighth brightest star in the night sky.
Translations
Star
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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
Declension
Third-declension noun, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Procyōn |
| Genitive | Procyōnis |
| Dative | Procyōnī |
| Accusative | Procyōnem |
| Ablative | Procyōne |
| Vocative | Procyōn |
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.