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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024cen•taur /ˈsɛntɔr/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Mythologya race of creatures in Greek myth having the head, chest, and arms of a man, and the body and legs of a horse.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024cen•taur (sen′tôr),USA pronunciation n. - Mythology[Class. Myth.]one of a race of monsters having the head, trunk, and arms of a man, and the body and legs of a horse.
- Astronomy(cap.) the constellation Centaurus.
- a skillful horseman or horsewoman.
- Rocketry(cap.) a U.S. upper stage, with a restartable liquid-propellant engine, used with an Atlas or Titan booster to launch satellites and probes.
- Greek kéntauros
- Latin centaurus
- Middle English, Old English 1325–75
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