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Webster 1913 Edition
Hippocentaur
Hipˊpo-cen′taur
,Noun.
[L.
hippocentaurus
, Gr. [GREEK]; ἵπποσ
horse + [GREEK] centaur.] (Myth.)
Same as
Centaur
. Webster 1828 Edition
Hippocentaur
HIPPOCEN'TAUR
,Noun.
In ancient fable, a supposed monster, half man and half horse. The hippocentaur differed from the centaur in this, that the latter rode on an ox, and the former on a horse, as the name imports.