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Minotaur vs. Centaur

Minotaur and Centaur Definitions

Minotaur

A monster who was half man and half bull, to whom young Athenian men and women were sacrificed in the Cretan labyrinth until Theseus killed him.

Centaur

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.

Minotaur

(Greek mythology) Minotaur

Centaur

(Astronomy) Any of a group of icy asteroids that orbit the sun primarily in the region between Jupiter and Neptune, whose orbits they cross. Some centaurs appear to be more like comets than asteroids.

Minotaur

Anything resembling the Greek monster, whether by appearance or by strength.

Centaur

(Greek mythology) A mythical beast having a horse's body with a man's head and torso in place of the head and neck of the horse.
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Minotaur

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

Centaur

An icy planetoid that orbits the Sun between Jupiter and Neptune.

Minotaur

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

Centaur

(chess) A chess-playing team comprising a human player and a computer who work together.

Centaur

A fabulous being, represented as half man and half horse.

Centaur

A constellation in the southern heavens between Hydra and the Southern Cross.
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Centaur

(classical mythology) a mythical being that is half man and half horse

Centaur

A conspicuous constellation in the southern hemisphere near the Southern Cross

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