英语词汇“Procyon”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组、英语词典-本地帮

单词

Procyon

释义

Procyon|ˈprəʊsɪɒn|
[a. L. Procyōn, a. Gr. Προκύων (in sense 1), f. πρό before + κύων dog: so called as rising a little before the dog-star Sirius.]
1. The principal star in the constellation of Canis Minor; also formerly the constellation itself.
1658Phillips, Procyon, the lesser Dog-Star.1842[see dog-star 1].1868Lockyer Guillemin's Heavens (ed. 3) 324 Betelgeuse, Sirius, and Procyon form a triangle.
2. Zool. A genus of plantigrade carnivorous mammals, inhabiting N. and S. America, including the racoons, typical of the family Procyonidæ.
1843Penny Cycl. XXVI. 57/1 Procyon.1849Craig, Procyon, the Racoon, a genus of quadrupeds, placed by naturalists immediately after the Bears.
Hence procyˈoniform a., resembling the racoons in form, racoon-like (Cent. Dict. 1890); ˈprocyonoid a. = procyoniform; also as n.

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