little dog

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   a constellation to the east of Orion; contains Procyon

   SynonymsCanis Minor

   Broaderconstellation

Questions about little dog

What does little dog mean?

little dog means "a constellation to the east of Orion; contains Procyon".

What is another word for little dog?

Close synonyms include Canis Minor. 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 little dog a common word?

little dog 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.