Min"o*taur (?), n. [L. Minotaurus, Gr. ; Mi`nos, the husband of Pasiphae + tay^ros a bull, the Minotaur being the offspring of Pasiphae and a bull: cf. F. minotaure.] Class. Myth.
A fabled monster, half man and half bull, confined in the labyrinth constructed by Daedalus in Crete.
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