English Explanatory Dictionary

castor sac

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An organ of a beaver releasing a secretion for refining the animal’s fell, popular in perfumery as under the name castoreum, and formerly used in medicine.

Word forms

castor sac castor sacs castor-sac
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