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Callisto definition

Cal·listo (kə lis′tō)

noun

  1. Gr. & Rom. Myth. a nymph loved by Zeus and changed into a bear by Hera
  2. the second largest satellite of Jupiter: discovered in 1610 by Galileo

Etymology: L < Gr Kallistō

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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