Eunuch. This word is a synonym of castrated; consequently, it is used to designate a male animal whom art has deprived of the faculty of reproduction. It is the custom, however, to give the name eunuch only to men who have been made to undergo this privation, and the word castrated is ordinarily used for animals. See Castration. Meanwhile the Italians have retained the words castrato, castrati, by which they designate men who have been made eunuchs in their childhood to obtain for them a clear and high voice. See Castrati.