Dictionary entry

Leo

Webster's Dictionary 1913

‖Le″o (lē″ō), n. [L. See Lion.] (Astron.) 1. The Lion, the fifth sign of the zodiac, marked thus in almanacs.

2. A northern constellation east of Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus at the end of the handle of the Sickle.

Leo Minor, a small constellation between Leo and the Great Bear.