PROCYON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Procyon mean? 

• PROCYON (noun)
  The noun PROCYON has 2 senses:

1. the brightest star in Canis Minor

2. the type genus of the family Procyonidae: raccoons

  Familiarity information: PROCYON used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PROCYON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The brightest star in Canis Minor

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Instance hypernyms:

binary; binary star; double star (a system of two stars that revolve around each other under their mutual gravitation)

Holonyms ("Procyon" is a member of...):

Canis Minor; Little Dog (a constellation to the east of Orion; contains Procyon)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The type genus of the family Procyonidae: raccoons

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Procyon; Procyon

Hypernyms ("Procyon" is a kind of...):

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "Procyon"):

raccoon; racoon (an omnivorous nocturnal mammal native to North America and Central America)

Holonyms ("Procyon" is a member of...):

family Procyonidae; Procyonidae (raccoons; coatis; cacomistles; kinkajous; and sometimes pandas)