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Procyon
Pro·cy·on [ prṓsee òn ]


noun 
Definition:
 
bright binary star: a binary star in the constellation Canis Minor and one of the brightest stars in the sky
[< Greek, literally "before the dog," because it rises before the Dog Star, Sirius]
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