canis minor

1. 1.

   a constellation to the east of Orion; contains Procyon

   SynonymsLittle Dog

   Broaderconstellation

Questions about canis minor

What does canis minor mean?

canis minor means "a constellation to the east of Orion; contains Procyon".

What is another word for canis minor?

Close synonyms include Little Dog. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is canis minor a common word?

canis minor is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.