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Cal⋅lis⋅to

  [kuh-lis-toh]
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1. Also, Kallisto. Classical Mythology. a nymph attendant on Artemis, punished for a love affair with Zeus by being changed into a bear and then transformed into stars as the constellation Ursa Major.
2. Astronomy. a large natural satellite of the planet Jupiter.
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Cal·lis·to   (kə-lĭs'tō)   
n.  

  1. Greek Mythology A nymph, beloved of Zeus and hated by Hera. Hera changed her into a bear, and Zeus then placed her in the sky as the constellation Ursa Major.

  2. One of the four brightest satellites of Jupiter and the eighth in distance from the planet. Originally sighted by Galileo, it is the largest planetary satellite.


[Latin, from Greek Kallistō, perhaps from kallistos, superlative of kalos, beautiful.]
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Callisto 
2nd moon of Jupiter, in classical mythology a nymph, mother of Arcas by Zeus, turned to a bear by Hera, from Gk. kallistos, superl. of kalos "beautiful." Feminized as proper name Callista.
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Callisto   (kə-lĭs'tō)  Pronunciation Key 
One of the four brightest satellites of Jupiter and the eighth in distance from the planet. Originally sighted by Galileo, it is the largest planetary satellite.
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