"Castor" meaning in Translingual

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Proper name

Etymology: From Latin castor (“beaver”), from Ancient Greek κάστωρ (kástōr). Coined by Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist Carl Linnaeus in 1758. Etymology templates: {{der|mul|la|castor||beaver}} Latin castor (“beaver”), {{der|mul|grc|κάστωρ}} Ancient Greek κάστωρ (kástōr), {{coin|mul|Q1043|in=1758}} Coined by Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist Carl Linnaeus in 1758 Head templates: {{head|mul|proper noun|||g=m|g2=|head=Castor|nogendercat=1}} Castor m
  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Castoridae – beavers. Tags: masculine Hyponyms (genus): Castor fiber (english: type species), Castor canadensis (english: sole other extant species)
    Sense id: en-Castor-mul-name-rG2joRIH Categories (other): Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Translingual entries with incorrect language header, Taxonomic names (genus) Hypernyms (genus): Eukaryota (english: superkingdom), Animalia (english: kingdom), Bilateria (english: subkingdom), Deuterostomia (english: infrakingdom), Chordata (english: phylum), Vertebrata (english: subphylum), Gnathostomata (english: infraphylum), Tetrapoda (english: superclass), Mammalia (english: family) [class], Theria (english: subclass), Eutheria (english: infraclass), Placentalia (english: infraclass), Rodentia (english: order), Castorimorpha (english: suborder), Castoridae (english: family)
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