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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Centaur

/(sĕn"ta̤r)/ · Cen·taur · IPA /ˈsɛn.tɔɹ/
01 n. A fabulous being, represented as half man and half horse.
  1. 1.
    A fabulous being, represented as half man and half horse.(Class. Myth.)
  2. 2.
    A constellation in the southern heavens between Hydra and the Southern Cross.(Astron.)