centaur

noun
cen*taur \ ˈsen-ˌtȯr \ -ˌtär \
before 12th century{ds||1||}
  • any of a race of creatures fabled to be half human and half horse and to live in the mountains of Thessaly
  • any of a class of asteroids with elliptical orbits that typically lie between the orbits of Jupiter and Neptune
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