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Pro•cy•on
(prō′sē on′),USA pronunciation n. [Astron.]
- Astronomya first-magnitude star in the constellation Canis Minor.
- Greek Prokýōn name of a star, equivalent. to pro- pro-2 + kýōn dog (see hound); so called because it rises just before Sirius, the Dog Star
- Latin
- 1650–60
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