| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| centaur |
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| SYLLABICATION: | cen·taur |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  s n tôr |
| NOUN: | 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. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English, from Latin Centaurus, from Greek Kentauros.
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