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minotaur |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Minotaur \Min"o*taur\, n. [L. Minotaurus Gr ?; Mi`nos, the husband of Pasipha["e] + tay^ros a bull, the Minotaur being the offspring of Pasipha["e] and a bull: cf F. minotaure.] (Class. Myth.) A fabled monster, half man and half bull, confined in the labyrinth constructed by D[ae]dalus in Crete. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: Minotaur n : (Greek mythology) a mythical monster with the head of a bull and the body of a man; destroyed by Theseus [syn: {Minotaur}]
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