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Pollux definition

Pol·lux (päl′əks)

noun

  1. Gr. & Rom. Myth. the immortal twin of Castor
  2. a giant, orange star, actually the brightest star in the constellation Gemini although it is considered the twin of Castor: magnitude, 1.1

Etymology: L, earlier Polluces < Gr Polydeukēs

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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