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Minotaur, the
     
Minotaur, the
in ancient Greek stories, a creature which was half a man and half a bull (=a male cow), which was kept in a labyrinth (=a complicated network of paths which it is difficult to find your way out of) and was given young men and women to eat. It was killed by Theseus.
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