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Date: 1300-1400
Language: Latin
Origin: Centaurus, from Greek Kentauros

centaur

 noun
     
Related topics: Mythology
cen‧taur [countable]
RM a creature in ancient Greek stories with the head, chest, and arms of a man and the body and legs of a horse
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