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semitaur

semitaur noun: a mythical beast, half man, half bull.

Noun

semitaur (plural semitaurs)

  1. A mythical beast, half man, half bull.
    • Some semitawres, and some more halfe a beare1592, Nicholas Breton, The pilgrimage to paradise, ioyned with the Countesse of Penbrookes loue, compiled in verse by Nicholas Breton Gentleman, Ioseph Barnes, page 8

Forms of semitaur

pluralsemitaurs
alternative formsemitaure
alternative formsemitawre

Origin of semitaur

Latin semi-, 'half', + taurus, 'bull'.

Questions about semitaur

What does semitaur mean?
Semitaur means a mythical beast, half man, half bull.
What part of speech is semitaur?
Semitaur is a noun.
What is the plural of semitaur?
The plural of semitaur is semitaurs.

Words near semitaur in the dictionary

  1. semitars
  2. semitasteful
  3. semitatsama
  4. semitatsamas
  5. semitauonic
  6. semitaur
  7. semitaurs
  8. Semite
  9. semitechnical
  10. semitendinosi
  11. semitendinosus

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