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CASTOR
Male
Greek
(ΚάστωÏ) Greek name KASTOR means "beaver." In mythology, Castor/Kastor and Pollux/Polydeukes ("very sweet") are the twin sons of Leda and are known as the Gemini twins.
Female
English
(Λήδα) Greek name LEDA means "woman." In mythology, this is the name of the mother of Castor, Pollux and Helen.
Boy/Male
Danish, French, German, Greek, Latin, Swedish
Brother of Helen; Braver
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Castor.Americanized spelling of German Kaster.
Male
English
From Latin geminus GEMINI means "twin." In Astrology, it is a zodiac sign. In Astronomy, it is the name of a constellation. In Roman mythology, Castor and Pollux are the Gemini twins, the sons of Leda, brothers to Helen of Troy and Clytemnestra. In Greek they are called the Dioskouroi.
Boy/Male
Greek
Father of Castor.
Boy/Male
Greek Latin
Beaver. Brother of Helen.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from places called Caistor, in Lincolnshire and Norfolk, Caister in Norfolk, or Castor in Cambridgeshire, all named with Old English cæster ‘Roman fort or town’.
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Arabic
Happy; Delighted; Content
Boy/Male
Tamil
The Sun
Girl/Female
Bengali, Hindu, Indian
Victory
Boy/Male
Hindu
One of the kauravas
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Middle English schireman, Old English scīrman, literally ‘shire man’. This was a name for a sherriff or other administrative official of a county; later it came to mean ‘bailiff’ or ‘steward’.
Boy/Male
Australian, Greek
Defender of Men; Protector of Mankind; Diminutive of Alexander
Surname or Lastname
English (northeastern) and Scottish
English (northeastern) and Scottish : patronymic from a pet form of the personal name Pat(t) (see Pate 1).
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Marathi, Sanskrit
Strives to Knowledge
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Sanskrit
Sacrifice; Offer
Male
Swiss
, able council.
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A white crystalline substance obtained from castoreum.
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A colorless transparent mineral, resembling quartz, occurring with castor or castorite on the island of Elba. It is a silicate of alumina and caesia. Called also pollux.
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Alt. of Castorite
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A bitter white crystalline alkaloid extracted from the seeds of the castor-oil plant.
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A peculiar bitter orange-brown substance, with strong, penetrating odor, found in two sacs between the anus and external genitals of the beaver; castor; -- used in medicine as an antispasmodic, and by perfumers.
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Pertaining to, or derived from, castor oil; formerly, designating an acid now called ricinoleic acid.
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Of or pertaining to fat; derived from, or resembling, fat; specifically, designating an acid (formerly called also sebic, and pyroleic, acid), obtained by the distillation or saponification of certain oils (as castor oil) as a white crystalline substance.
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Pertaining to, or designating, a fatty acid analogous to oleic acid, obtained from castor oil as an oily substance, C/H/O/ with a harsh taste. Formerly written ricinolic.
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Seed from which oil is expressed, as the castor bean; also, the plant yielding such seed. See Castor bean.
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A fixed star of the second magnitude, in the constellation Gemini. Cf. 3d Castor.
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A genus of plants of the Spurge family, containing but one species (R. communis), the castor-oil plant. The fruit is three-celled, and contains three large seeds from which castor oil iss expressed. See Palma Christi.
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The glycerin salt of ricinoleic acid, occuring as a characteristic constituent of castor oil; -- formerly called palmin.
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A compound, originally made from gun cotton and castor oil, but later from different materials, and used as a substitute for vulcanized India rubber and for ivory; -- called also xylotile.
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Pertaining to, or designating, an acid C11H20O2, homologous with acrylic acid, and obtained as a white crystalline substance by the distillation of castor oil.
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The glycerin salt of ricinelaidic acid, obtained as a white crystalline waxy substance by treating castor oil with nitrous acid.
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Castoreum. See Castoreum.
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An oily substance obtained by the distillation of castor oil, recognized as the aldehyde of oenanthylic acid, and hence called also oenanthaldehyde.
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Having the principal veins radiating, or diverging, from the apex of the petiole; -- said of such leaves as those of the grapevine, most maples, and the castor-oil plant.