- Minotaur
- Minotaur late 14c., from Gk. minotauros, from Minos, king of Crete + tauros "bull." A flesh-eating monster, half man half bull, son of Pasiphae (wife of Minos) by a bull.
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Minotaur — [min′ə tôr΄] n. [ME Minotaure < L Minotaurus < Gr Minōtauros < Minōs, Minos + tauros, a bull, akin to L taurus: see TAURUS] Gr. Myth. a monster with the body of a man and the head of a bull (in some versions, with the body of a bull and… … English World dictionary
