Lesser Dog

American  

noun

Astronomy.

1. the constellation Canis Minor.

---

Example Sentences

PROCYON. α Canis minoris, the principal star of the Lesser Dog.

From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Belcher, Edward, Sir

Behind Orion are the two Dogs, each constellation distinguished by a very brilliant star; the Greater Dog, by Sirius, the brightest star in the heavens; the Lesser Dog, by Procyon, i.e. the "Dog's Forerunner."

From The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture by Maunder, E. Walter (Edward Walter)

Coming up the eastern sky are Orion, Gemini, Sirius, the Lesser Dog.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol IV. No. XX. January, 1852. by Various

Just further from the Pole than Gemini, is the constellation of Canis Minor, or the Lesser Dog.

From Astronomy of To-day A Popular Introduction in Non-Technical Language by Dolmage, Cecil Goodrich Julius

One of the two ancient constellations lying south of the zodiac, known as Canis Major and Canis Minor, or the Greater Dog and the Lesser Dog.

From A Child's Garden of Verses by Mars, E. (Ethel)