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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) Minotaur
(in Greek myth) a monster with the head of a bull and the body of a man: housed in a labyrinth on Crete, it was fed on human flesh until Theseus killed it.

Etymology: (< L Mīnōtaurus < Gk MīnṒtauros=M&imacracute;nō(s)Minos+taúros bull)

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Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) Minotaur
(Greek mythology) a mythical monster with the head of a bull and the body of a man; slain by Theseus

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Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) Minotaur
a fabled monster, half man and half bull, confined in the labyrinth constructed by Daedalus in Crete

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The Nuttall Encyclopedia

1. Minotaur
in the Greek mythology a monster, half-man half-bull with a bull's head, confined in the Labyrinth of Crete, fed by the annual tribute of seven youths and seven maidens of Athenian birth, till he was slain by Theseus with the help of Ariadne (q. v.).

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