centaur
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No one can convince her otherwise, and she decides to win her spouse back with an enchanted robe that the dying centaur Nessus told her was a love charm.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026
For their investigations, the research team was allowed to take five small samples from the back of the centaur head.
From Science Daily • Jan. 18, 2024
Sagittarius is generally depicted as the Archer, a centaur holding a bow.
From Scientific American • Aug. 4, 2023
The art for his new show “Jim Gaffigan: The Pale Tourist” depicts him as a centaur.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 2, 2020
Arranged all in a row were several of these animal bushes—fantastic creatures as tall as the house, standing guard against the woods—including a winged griffin, a rearing centaur, and a mermaid.
From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs
Vocabulary lists containing centaur
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
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Reading: Literature - Mythology - Introductory
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Reading: Literature - Mythology - Middle School
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