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Centaur vs Centaury - What's the difference?

centaur | centaury |

As nouns the difference between centaur and centaury

is that centaur is (greek mythology) one of a race of monsters having a head, torso, and arms of a man, and the body and legs of a horse often depicted as rowdy drunkards, with chiron being a notable exception while centaury is any of the flowering plants in the genus centaurium .

centaur

English

Alternative forms

* (astronomy) Centaur

Noun

(en noun)
  • (Greek mythology) A mythical beast having a horse's body with a man's head and torso in place of the head and neck of the horse.
  • (astronomy) An icy planetoid that orbits the Sun between Jupiter and Neptune (also capitalized)

    • Synonyms

    * hippocentaur

    See also

    * centaurial * centaurian * centauric * centauroid * centauress, centaurette * faun * minotaur * onocentaur * satyr

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    centaury

    English

    Noun

    (centauries)
  • Any of the flowering plants in the genus Centaurium .