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Centaur vs Sagittary - What's the difference?

centaur | sagittary |

As nouns the difference between centaur and sagittary

is that centaur is 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 while sagittary is a centaur.

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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    sagittary

    English

    Noun

    (sagittaries)
  • a centaur
  • * 1602 , , Act V. Scene 5. Lines 15-16:
    • the dreadful Sagittary / Appals our numbers
  • (heraldry) Sagittarius
  • (archaic) an archer