bucentaur

Supposedly from Ancient Greek, but perhaps invented later. See remarks at Wikipedia.

bucentaur (plural bucentaurs)

1. A supposed mythical monster, half ox, half man.
2. A Venetian barge modelled on the state barge (called Bucentaur) used annually on Ascension Day in the ancient ceremony of the marriage of the state with the Adriatic.

• “bucentaur”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Borrowed from Italian bucentoro.

• IPA^(key): /by.sɛnˈtɑu̯.ər/
• Hyphenation: bu‧cen‧taur
• Rhymes: -ɑu̯ər

bucentaur m (plural bucentauren)

1. a bucentaur (Venetian galley) [from early 19th c.]
2. a bucentaur (human-bovine hybrid)

Borrowed from French bucentaure.

bucentaur m (plural bucentauri)

1. bucentaur