Dictionary entry

Bucentaur

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Bu‐cen″taur (�), n. [Gr. βου̑σ ox + κένταυροσ centaur.] 1. A fabulous monster, half ox, half man.

2. [It. bucentoro.] The state barge of Venice, used by the doge in the ceremony of espousing the Adriatic.