centauroid

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adjective

Resembling a centaur in shape — particularly, a creature having an upper humanoid torso adjoining the lower quadrupedal body where the creature's head should normally appear.

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Meanings

adjectivecentauroid (comparative more centauroid, superlative most centauroid)

comparative more centauroid · superlative most centauroid

  1. Resembling a centaur in shape — particularly, a creature having an upper humanoid torso adjoining the lower quadrupedal body where the creature's head should normally appear.

    'Centauroid' was a very loose description. The burly two-armed torso merged smoothly with the four-legged barrel…

    1974, Poul Anderson, Fire Time
nouncentauroid (plural centauroids)

plural centauroids

  1. fantasyA creature resembling a centaur.

Origin

From centaur + -oid.

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APA

centauroid. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/centauroid

MLA

“centauroid.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/centauroid. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “centauroid,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/centauroid.

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