centaurs

Creatures in classical mythology who were half-human and half-horse.

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Centaurs would grow comet-like tails if they fell closer toward the Sun.
Chariklo, a Minor Planet Nicknamed a “Centaur,” Discovered to Have Rings|Matthew R. Francis|April 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
We close this chapter with an account of Centaurs and Lapith.
The Book of Curiosities|I. Platts
The combat of the Greeks and Amazons occupies twelve slabs of marble, and that of the Centaurs eleven.
Ruins of Ancient Cities (Vol. II of II)|Charles Bucke
She has hawk-faced gods that worship her, and the centaurs gallop at her side.
Miscellaneous Aphorisms; The Soul of Man|Oscar Wilde

There are also two very fine single statues of centaurs in the Capitoline Museum.
Myth-Land|F. Edward Hulme
Nor, since that fatal day, does one hear of the Centaurs any more.
Gods and Heroes|R. E. Francillon