Prō'cy-ŏn, n.

n. [Lat. Procyon, Gr. Προκύων, lit. fore-dog, a constellation which rises before the dog-star, from πρό, before, and κύων, a dog.]

1. (Astron.) A star of the first magnitude in the constellation Canis Minor, or the Little Dog.
2. (Zool.) The glutton. See GLUTTON.