English Explanatory Dictionary

bucentaur

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A supposed mythical monster, half ox, half man.
  2. A Venetian barge modelled on the state barge (called Bucentaur) used annually on Ascension Day in the ancient ceremony of the marriage of the state with the Adriatic.

Word forms

bucentaur bucentaurs

Etymology

Supposedly from Ancient Greek, but perhaps invented later. See remarks at Wikipedia.

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