castor

/kasˈtoɾ/ · B2 · noun · m

beaver

castor — beaver

🦫 castor = cast + or: a beaver casts its dam of wood, gold-brown fur like 'or'

Sounds like English 'castor' as in castor oil, named from the beaver's castoreum gland. In Spanish, castor simply means beaver, so link the sound 'cas-TOR' with a dam-building animal that fells trees by gnawing.

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