noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A fictional creature, resembling a centaur, with the lower body of some four-or-more-legged animal and an upper body either of an anthropomorphic version of that same animal or (less commonly) of a human or another humanoid creature. slang

   "Near-synonyms: merfur or merperson (piscine lower body), naga (serpentine lower body)"

Synonyms

All synonyms

merfur or merperson[piscine]] lower body>naga[serpentine]] lower body>

Example

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"Near-synonyms: merfur or merperson (piscine lower body), naga (serpentine lower body)"

Etymology

Clipping of centaur, corresponding to Ancient Greek ταῦρος (taûros, “bull”), from Proto-Indo-European *táwros. Doublet of steer.

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