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CENTAUROMACHY
A fight in which centaurs take part, -- a common theme for relief sculpture, as in the Parthenon metopes.
CENTAUREA
A large genus of composite plants, related to the thistles and including the cornflower or bluebottle and the star thistle .
CENTAURY
A gentianaceous plant not fully identified. The name is usually given to the Erytheræa Centaurium and the Chlora perfoliata of Europe, but is also extended to the whole genus Sabbatia, and even to the unrelated Centaurea.
CENTAUR
A fabulous being, represented as half man and half horse.
BUCENTAUR
The state barge of Venice, used by the doge in the ceremony of espousing the Adriatic. (more info) 1. A fabulous monster, half ox, half man. 2. Etym:
HIPPOCENTAUR
See CENTAUR