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
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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