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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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