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What is a centaur?

What is a centaur? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (Greek) A mythical beast having a horse's body with a man's head and torso in place of the head and neck of the horse.
  2. (astronomy) An icy planetoid that orbits the Sun between Jupiter and Neptune (also capitalised).
  3. (chess) A chess-playing team comprising a human player and a computer who work together.
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The reality is that the centaur race is marked in myth as particularly war like and fierce.
Even interspecific genetic manipulations make one think of the mythical centaur.
In Greek mythology, Centaurus is associated with the centaur Chiron, who taught humanity the constellations.
Presentation of the painting, Warrior, the centaur and tennis shoe in its room.
The mythical centaur Chironia, cured a poison arrow wound with centaury, hence its name.
It is represented either by a centaur shooting a bow and arrow or by an arrow drawn across a bow.

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