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

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

English

Proper noun

Castor

(Greek mythology) One of the Dioscuri
(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

Inuktitut: ᑲᔅᑐᕐ (kastur)
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

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

French

Proper noun

Castor

(Greek mythology) Castor.
(astronomy) Castor.

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