- plural of centaur.
centaurs
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Mythical hybrid beasts such as mermaids, centaurs and chimeras testify to our enduring fascination with the plasticity of biological form: the idea that natural organisms can mutate or be reconfigured.
From Scientific American ● May 31, 2023
‘Fantasia’ Hippos and gators and centaurs, oh my!
From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 2022
Through the smokescreen of a twisted fantasy teeming with centaurs, robot bandits and talking dogs who eat corpses, Sorokin smuggles in a sly critique of contemporary Russia’s turn toward totalitarianism.
From New York Times ● Apr. 16, 2022
Ancient Egyptians had the Sphinx, a human-lion-falcon mashup akin to mythical Greco-Roman centaurs and fauns.
From Slate ● Feb. 14, 2022
Some of the Death Eaters called insults at the centaurs as they left them behind.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
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