| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| Dioscuri |
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| SYLLABICATION: | Di·os·cu·ri |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  d - s ky -r , d-sky r |
| PLURAL NOUN: | Greek Mythology Castor and Pollux, the twin sons of Leda and brothers of Helen and Clytemnestra, who were transformed by Zeus into the constellation Gemini. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Greek Dioskouroi : Dios, genitive of Zeus, Zeus; see dyeu- in Appendix I + kouroi, pl. of kouros, boy; see ker-2 in Appendix I.
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