taur

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A fictional creature, resembling a centaur, with the lower body of some four-or-more-legged animal and an upper body either of an anthropomorphic version of that same animal or (less commonly) of a human or another humanoid creature.

/ˈtɔː/ /ˈtoɹ/

taur taurs

Clipping of centaur, corresponding to Ancient Greek ταῦρος (taûros, “bull”), from Proto-Indo-European *táwros. Doublet of steer.

merfur or merperson[piscine]] lower body> naga or lamia[serpentine]] lower body>

-taur tauric multifur

hextaur taur train

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