minotaur

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He had always, too, felt what he had called the minotaur-thing in her, the creature with teeth and claws fastening upon pleasure.

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  1. A fabled monster, half man and half bull, confined in the labyrinth constructed by Dædalus in Crete.

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  1. (Greek mythology) a mythical monster with the head of a bull and the body of a man; slain by Theseus

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  • By hitting switches, moving blocks, and casting spells at particular targets, we eventually made it to the dungeon's boss, a large, minotaur-like creature that didn't last very long once we had it surrounded. —  GameSpot's News, Screenshots, Movies, Reviews, Previews, Downloads, and Features
  • Wheeler wears a minotaur costume, Danny wears a suit, and together they drive around from school to school in a pickup truck shaped a lot like a minotaur for the twofold purpose of keeping kids off drugs and hawking energy drink, sufficient quantities of which have been shown to turn urine a bright green. —  Screenhead
  • It then goes to the attari screen and if i leave it alone, it will go through each screen to the on with the minotaur. —  Neverwinter Vault - The Ultimate Resource
  • His henchmen are a crossbreed of Blackshirt thugs and a mid-'90s nu metal band, operating from the castle whose dungeon holds a menagerie of literary beasties including Frank Baum flying monkeys, a J.M. Barrie ticking croc and a Bulfinch minotaur. —  Dallas Observer | Complete Issue
  • His henchmen are a crossbreed of Blackshirt thugs and a mid-'90s nü-metal band, operating from the castle whose dungeon holds a menagerie of literary beasties including Frank Baum flying monkeys, a J.M. Barrie ticking croc, and a Bulfinch minotaur. —  Broward-Palm Beach New Times | Complete Issue
 

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