| Webster's Online Dictionary |
"HIPPOCENTAUR" is a common misspelling or typo for: hippocentaurs. |
Date "HIPPOCENTAUR" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references) |
| Etymology:Hippocentaur \Hip`po*cen"taur\, noun. [Latin expression hippocentaurus, Greek; "i`ppos horse centaur.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Noun] In ancient fable, a supposed monster, half man and half horse. The hippocentaur differed from the centaur in this, that the latter rode on an ox, and the former on a horse, as the name imports. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
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