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centaur
cen·taur [ sén tàwr ] (plural cen·taurs)


noun 
Definition:
 
half man, half horse: in Greek mythology, a creature with the head, arms, and torso of a man joined to the body of a horse at its neck
[14th century. Via Latin centaurus< Greek kentauros]
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