procyon Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the brightest star in Canis Minor
  2. noun the type genus of the family Procyonidae: raccoons
    genus Procyon.

WordNet


Pro"cy*on noun
Etymology
L., a constellation which rises before the Dog Star, Gr. before + a dog.
Definitions
  1. (Astron.) a star of the first magnitude in the constellation Canis Minor, or the Little Dog.
  2. (Zoöl.) A genus of mammals including the raccoon.

Webster 1913