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Pollux

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Word	Definition
opienoun	A surname from Cornish.
dioscurinoun	(Greek mythology) The twin brothers Castor and Pollux together.
castornoun	A container with a perforated cap for sprinkling its contents, especially salt, pepper, etc.
gemininoun	(astrology) The zodiac sign for the twins, ruled by Mercury and covering May 22 – June 21 (tropical astrology) or June 16 – July 15 (sidereal astrology).
tyndaridnoun	(Greek mythology) One of the twins Castor and Pollux, sons of Tyndareus
coeusnoun	(Greek mythology) The Titan of intelligence; the father of Leto and Asteria.
phoenixnoun	(mythology) A mythological bird, said to be the only one of its kind, which lives for 500 years and then dies by burning to ashes on a pyre of its own making, ignited by the sun. It then arises anew from the ashes.
apollonoun	A very handsome young man.
polusnoun	(Roman mythology) The personification of the celestial axis around which the heavens revolve, and the Titan of intelligence.
phrixusnoun	(Greek mythology) Son of Athamas and brother of Helle, with whom he fled to Colchis on a golden winged ram.
heliosnoun	(Greek mythology) The god of the Sun; son of Hyperion and Theia, brother of Selene and Eos, father of Phaeton amongst others. His Roman counterpart is Sol.
canopusnoun	(astronomy) A white bright giant, visually the second brightest star in the night sky, a part of the southern constellation of Carina.
hellennoun	A surname.
pallasnoun	An epithet for Athena, always used together with the name, as Pallas Athena, rather than alone.
orionnoun	(astronomy) A constellation on the celestial equator close to Gemini and Taurus, containing the stars Betelgeuse and Rigel.
helenusnoun	(Greek mythology) the son of King Priam and Queen Hecuba of Troy, the twin brother of the prophetess Cassandra.
laocoönnoun	(Greek mythology) A Trojan priest of Poseidon (or Apollo, depending on the author), whose rules he had defied (or whom he had otherwise offended), who tried to warn his fellow citizens against the Trojan horse. He was killed for this, along with his two sons, by giant snakes sent by Minerva (or Poseidon, or Apollo).
phoebenoun	Any of several birds of the genus Sayornis.
polydeucesnoun	(astronomy) A moon of Saturn.
peithonoun	(Greek mythology) One of the Charites and a consort of Hermes.