Definition of Leda
: the mother of Clytemnestra and Castor by her husband Tyndareus and of Helen and Pollux by Zeus who comes to her in the form of a swan
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Origin and Etymology of leda
Latin, from Greek Lēda
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First Known Use: circa 1527
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