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单词 castor and pollux
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Castor and Pollux


plural noun Classical Mythology.

twin sons of Leda and brothers of Helen, famous for their fraternal affection and regarded as the protectors of persons at sea.
Also Kastor and Pollux.

Words nearby Castor and Pollux

Castner process, castoff, cast on, cast one's lot with, castor, Castor and Pollux, castor bean, castoreum, castor oil, castor-oil plant, castor sugar
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British Dictionary definitions for Castor and Pollux

Castor and Pollux

noun

classical myth the twin sons of Leda: Pollux was fathered by Zeus, Castor by the mortal Tyndareus. After Castor's death, Pollux spent half his days with his half-brother in Hades and half with the gods in Olympus
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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