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CASTOR
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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.
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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.
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Greek
Father of Castor.
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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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(Λήδα) Greek name LEDA means "woman." In mythology, this is the name of the mother of Castor, Pollux and Helen.
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Greek Latin
Beaver. Brother of Helen.
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English : variant spelling of Castor.Americanized spelling of German Kaster.
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Danish, French, German, Greek, Latin, Swedish
Brother of Helen; Braver
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English
English : variant of Rowbottom.
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Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu
Brilliant Like the Sun; Intelligent
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Hindu
God of courage, Lord of the brave
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Indian, Tamil
Very Nice
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British, English
Nice Filling
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Tamil
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Eldest of the Pandavas
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Indian
Beautiful
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Hindu, Indian
Good Activity
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Indian, Marathi
Dynamic Personality
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Indian
A prophets name, Fiery Lord
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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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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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A fixed star of the second magnitude, in the constellation Gemini. Cf. 3d Castor.
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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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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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Alt. of Castorite
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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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A white crystalline substance obtained from castoreum.
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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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Seed from which oil is expressed, as the castor bean; also, the plant yielding such seed. See Castor bean.
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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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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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Castoreum. See Castoreum.
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Pertaining to, or derived from, castor oil; formerly, designating an acid now called ricinoleic acid.
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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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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.
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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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A bitter white crystalline alkaloid extracted from the seeds of the castor-oil plant.