- genus Castor
- nountype genus of the Castoridae: beavers• Syn: ↑Castor• Hypernyms: ↑mammal genus• Member Holonyms: ↑Castoridae, ↑family Castoridae• Member Meronyms: ↑beaver
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genus Castor
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castor — Beaver Bea ver, n. [OE. bever, AS. beofer, befer; akin to D. bever, OHG. bibar, G. biber, Sw. b[ a]fver, Dan. b[ae]ver, Lith. bebru, Russ. bobr , Gael. beabhar, Corn. befer, L. fiber, and Skr. babhrus large ichneumon; also as an adj., brown, the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Castor Canadensis — Beaver Bea ver, n. [OE. bever, AS. beofer, befer; akin to D. bever, OHG. bibar, G. biber, Sw. b[ a]fver, Dan. b[ae]ver, Lith. bebru, Russ. bobr , Gael. beabhar, Corn. befer, L. fiber, and Skr. babhrus large ichneumon; also as an adj., brown, the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Castor fiber — Beaver Bea ver, n. [OE. bever, AS. beofer, befer; akin to D. bever, OHG. bibar, G. biber, Sw. b[ a]fver, Dan. b[ae]ver, Lith. bebru, Russ. bobr , Gael. beabhar, Corn. befer, L. fiber, and Skr. babhrus large ichneumon; also as an adj., brown, the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Castor — may refer to:Historical people* Julius Caesar Drusus, son of the Emperor Tiberius, nicknamed Castor * Castor of Rhodes, a Greek grammarian and rhetorician * Saint Castor, name of several Christian saints, such as Castor of Apt * A family… … Wikipedia
Castor — Cas tor, n. [L. castor the beaver, Gr. ?; of uncertain origin.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) A genus of rodents, including the beaver. See {Beaver}. [1913 Webster] 2. Castoreum. See {Castoreum}. [1913 Webster] 3. A hat, esp. one made of beaver fur; a beaver.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
castor-oil plant — n a tropical Old World herb of the genus Ricinus (R. communis) widely grown as an ornamental or for its oil rich castor beans that are a source of castor oil … Medical dictionary
castor-bean tick — n a widely distributed tick of the genus Ixodes (I. ricinus) that is a vector of piroplasmosis and various virus diseases of domestic animals … Medical dictionary
Castor oil plant — Taxobox name = Castor oil plant image width = 240px image caption = Castor bean in disturbed area regnum = Plantae phylum = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Malpighiales familia = Euphorbiaceae subfamilia = Acalyphoideae tribus =… … Wikipedia
Castor, Louisiana — Geobox Village name = Village of Castor native name = other name = other name1 = category = Village image size = 200px image caption = Castor Village Hall flag size = symbol = symbol size = symbol type = nickname = motto = country = United States … Wikipedia
CASTOR — I. CASTOR Cursor velocissimus. Pausan l. 3. II. CASTOR Historicus Rhodius, floruit sub Iulii Caesatis principatu, quem aliqui Galatam vocârunt, quia in Galatiâ vixerit. Putat Vossius, hunc eundem esse cum eo, cuius meminit Plin. loc. cit.… … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
