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Minotaur

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Noun

1. minotaur

(Greek mythology) a mythical monster with the head of a bull and the body of a man; slain by Theseus

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Minotaur

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noun
Greek mythology
a monster with the head of a bull and the body of a man. It was kept in the Labyrinth in Crete, feeding on human flesh, until destroyed by Theseus

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Minotaur

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noun
Greek Mythology
a monster with the body of a man and the head of a bull (in some versions, with the body of a bull and the head of a man), confined by Minos in a labyrinth built by Daedalus, and annually fed seven youths and seven maidens from Athens, until killed by Theseus
see also Pasiphaë

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Minotaur

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n.
Greek Mythology
A monster who was half man and half bull, to whom young Athenian men and women were sacrificed in the Cretan labyrinth until Theseus killed him.

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