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castrato:

Italian borrowing for a young male or choirboy castrated in boyhood, whose adult voice is that of a soprano, usually ranging two octaves or more above middle C . (A castraro retains his penis .) Plural: castrati.
Etymology: From the Latin castrare , to castrate ; first recorded in English in 1763.
See Also: castrato

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