Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Centaur"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Centaur \Cen"taur\, n. [L. centaurus, Gr. ?.]
1. (Class. Myth.) A fabulous being, represented as half man
and half horse.
2. (Astron.) A constellation in the southern heavens between
Hydra and the Southern Cross.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
centaur
n 1: (classical mythology) a mythical being that is half man and
half horse
2: a conspicuous constellation in the southern hemisphere near
the Southern Cross [syn: {Centaurus}, {Centaur}, {The
Centaur}]
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