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

Everyone’s vying to be the centaur of attention in the new kid-friendly animated musical fantasy series “Centaurworld” featuring the voices of Broadway’s Jessie Mueller and Megan Hilty.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 25, 2021

“Oh, my goodness! That little goose means a centaur, and she called him a Cyclops,” exclaimed Jo, with a burst of laughter.

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott