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Cestus   Listen
noun
Cestus  n.  
1.
(Antiq.) A girdle; particularly that of Aphrodite (or Venus) which gave the wearer the power of exciting love.
2.
(Zool.) A genus of Ctenophora. The typical species (Cestus Veneris) is remarkable for its brilliant iridescent colors, and its long, girdlelike form.





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... also tells us of the cestus or girdle of Venus, which was borrowed by the haughty Juno with a view to increasing her personal attractions, that Jupiter might be a ...
— Searchlights on Health - The Science of Eugenics • B. G. Jefferis and J. L. Nichols


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