BUCENTAUR

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Bu‐cen″taur (�), n. [[Gr. βου̑σ ox + κένταυροσ centaur.]] 1. 1. A fabulous monster, half ox, half man.
2. 2. [[It. bucentoro.]] The state barge of Venice, used by the doge in the ceremony of espousing the Adriatic.