ˈsen.ˌtȯ(ə)r, -tär, -tȯ(ə), -tȧ(r noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English Centaur, Centaurus, from Latin Centaurus, from Greek Kentauros
: one of an ancient mythical Greek race dwelling in the mountains of Thessaly and imagined as men with the bodies of horses and half-bestial natures