centaur
Kelime Anlamı :

1. Güneşin yörüngesinde dönen, Jüpiter ve Neptün arasında yer alan, buzla kaplı asteroit.
2. insan başlı at biçimindeki mitolojik yaratık.
3. Sentorlar (Yunanca: Κένταυρος, Kendavros (tekil), Κένταυροι, Kendavri (çoğul)), Yunan mitolojisinde kısmen insan ve kısmen at görünümlü yaratıklardır.
4. iki cinsli yaratık.
5. insan başlı at.
6. usta at binicisi.
7. santor.
8. insan başlı at [mit.].
Tanımlar :
1. greek mythology one of a race of monsters having the head, arms, and trunk of a man and the body and legs of a horse.
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
1. A mythical beast having a horse's body with a human head and torso in place of the head and neck of the horse.
2. an icy planetoid that orbits the sun between jupiter and neptune (also capitalized).
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
1. A fabulous being, represented as half man and half horse.
2. A constellation in the southern heavens between hydra and the southern cross.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
1. in greek myth, a monster, half man and half horse, descended from Ixion and Nephele, the cloud.
2. the constellation centaurus.
3. in heraldry see sagittary.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
1. a conspicuous constellation in the southern hemisphere near the southern cross
2. (classical mythology) a mythical being that is half man and half horse
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.