centaur

noun [C]

/ˈsen.tɔːr/

/-tɔːr/

Definition

› a creature in ancient Greek stories that has a human's upper body and the lower body and legs of a horseGreek and Roman myth

(Definition of centaur noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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