Castor

See also: castor

Translingual

Castor canadensis

Etymology

1398 Old French castor, from Latin castor (“beaver”), from Ancient Greek Κάστωρ (Kástōr).

Proper noun

Castor m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Castoridae – the beavers.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria - subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia - infraclass; Rodentia - order; Castorimorpha - suborder; Castoridae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Castor fiber - type species; Castor canadensis – sole other extant species

References

• Beaver on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Castor on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Castor on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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English

Proper noun

Castor

1. (Greek mythology) One of the Dioscuri
2. (astronomy) A double star in the constellation Gemini; alpha (α) Geminorum.

Translations

Dioscuri

• Danish: Castor
• French: Castor (fr) m
• Greek: Κάστωρ (el) m (Kástor)
• Greenlandic: Kastori
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• Inuktitut: ᑲᔅᑐᕐ (kastor)
• Irish: Castór m
• Russian: Ка́стор (ru) m (Kástor)

Star

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 北河二 (bak¹ ho⁴ ji⁶)

  Mandarin: 北河二 (zh) (Běihé'èr)

• French: Castor (fr) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Greek: Κάστωρ (el) m (Kástor)
• Maori: Whakaahu rangi
• Russian: Ка́стор (ru) m (Kástor)

See also

• Pollux

Anagrams

• Castro, Croats, acrost, actors, co-star, costar, scroat, scrota, tarocs

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kas.tɔʁ/

Proper noun

Castor ?

1. (Greek mythology) Castor.
2. (astronomy) Castor.
3. (Canada) Dane-zaa or Beaver indigenous people