castor sac

English

Alternative forms

castor-sac

Noun

castor sac (plural castor sacs)

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

Translations

beaver’s castoreum organ

Finnish: hausta
German: Biberbeutel m, Castorbeutel m
Swedish: bävergäll (sv) c

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