Min'o-taur, n.

n. [Gr. Μινώταυρος, from Μίνως, the husband of Pasiphaë, and ταῦρος, a bull, the monster being the offspring of Pasiphaë and a bull; Lat. minotaurus, It. & Sp. minotauro, Fr. minotaure.] (Antiq.) A fabled monster, half man and half bull.