MINOTAUR

minotaur. Minotaur, n. a fabled monster, half man, half bull

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Min″o‐taur (mĭn″ō̍‐ta̤r), n. [[L. Minotaurus, Gr. Μινώταυροσ; Μίνοσ, the husband of Pasiphaë + ταυ̑ροσ a bull, the Minotaur being the offspring of Pasiphaë and a bull: cf. F. minotaure.]] (Class. Myth.) A fabled monster, half man and half bull, confined in the labyrinth constructed by Dædalus in Crete.