Hip'po-cĕn′taur, n.

n. [Lat. hippocentaurus, Gr. ἱπποκένταυρος, from ἵππος, horse, and κένταυρος, centaur, q. v.] (Myth.) A fabulous monster, half man and half horse; the same as CENTAUR. See CENTAUR.

☞ The Hippocentaurs were fabled to be a people of Thessaly, having the upper part of their bodies in the form of a man, and the lower part in that of a horse—an idea derived, perhaps, from their having been the first, or among the first, to ride upon horseback.