hippotaur
UK/ˈhɪpə.tɔː/US/ˈhɪpə.tɔɹ/
hippotaur noun: a creature that is half bull and half horse.
Noun (1)
hippotaur (plural hippotaurs)
- A creature that is half bull and half horse.
- Cnemon is surprised even by the shadow of a crocodile, while Nausicles smiles at a foolish bird-catcher sent to catch the phoenicopter; or the giraffe terrifies the Ethiopians at a point in the plot when surprise is least expected - before Theagenes improvises a hippotaur to deal with it. This is...1982 May 1, Graham Anderson, Eros Sophistes: Ancient Novelists at Play, number 9, Scholars Press, →ISBN, page 37
- Theagenes was extolled to the skies for having welded the novel team into a hippotaur.1999 January 29, Heliodorus (of Emesa.), edited by Moses Hadas, Heliodorus: An Ethiopian Romance, reprint edition, University of Pennsylvania Press, →ISBN, page 267
- Synonyms:
- jumart
Noun (2)
hippotaur (plural hippotaurs)
- A taur with the lower body of a hippopotamus.
Synonyms of hippotaur
Forms of hippotaur
| plural | hippotaurs |
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Origin of hippotaur
From Latin hippotaurus, from Ancient Greek ἱππόταυρος (hippótauros), from ἵππος (híppos, “horse”, English hippo-) + ταῦρος (taûros, “bull”).
From hippo + -taur.
Questions about hippotaur
- What does hippotaur mean?
- Hippotaur means a creature that is half bull and half horse.
- What part of speech is hippotaur?
- Hippotaur is a noun.
- How do you pronounce hippotaur?
- Hippotaur is pronounced /ˈhɪpə.tɔː/ (UK).
- What is the plural of hippotaur?
- The plural of hippotaur is hippotaurs.
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