Meaning Of The Word Leda

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Leda in American English
a queen of Sparta and the wife of Tyndareus: she is the mother (variously by Tyndareus and by Zeus, who visited her in the form of a swan) of Clytemnestra, Helen of Troy, and Castor and Pollux
noun: the mother, by her husband Tyndareus, of Castor and Clytemnestra and, by Zeus in the form of a swan, of Pollux and Helen

Leda in British English 1
noun: a queen of Sparta who was the mother of Helen and Pollux by Zeus, who visited her in the form of a swan

Leda in British English 2
noun: a small satellite of Jupiter in an intermediate orbit

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