Centaur definition

Centaur

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WordNet

(1) A conspicuous constellation in the southern hemisphere near the Southern Cross

(2) (classical mythology) a mythical being that is half man and half horse

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English

One of a race of monsters having a head, trunk, and arms of a man, and the body and legs of a horse.
A skillful horseman or horsewoman.
(Rocketry) A U.S. upper stage, with a restartable liquid-propellant engine, used with an Atlas or Titan booster to launch satellites and probes.