centaur

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  1. noun Greek Mythology One of a race of monsters having the head, arms, and trunk of a man and the body and legs of a horse.

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  • If a centaur is to be our next King, the folk of Centaur Isle must be advised. —  Night Mare
  • She was confident that she could have made her case successfully against one of the bird-brained monsters, but a centaur was a different matter. —  Vale of the Vole
  • Letting its body fall removed five more as the centaur, the tiger, and three of the wolf-monkeys were crushed by the three-ton carcass Chainer rode the grendelkin through all obstacles as it crashed to the forest floor. —  SCOTT McGOUGH
  • Jana's love for the centaur was described by Dana Bates, who is no known relation to Dana Demoness; how could she be, since the demoness is really Dara? —  Harpy Thyme
  • Looking back, he could see the griffin, marching at a different tilt, and knew that to griffin, Magician, and golem the centaur was the tilted one. —  The Source of Magic
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  1. Middle English, from Latin Centaurus, from Greek Kentauros.

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  1. from Latin centaurus, from Greek κένταυρος; of uncertain origin.
 

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/ˈsɛntɔr/
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