"centauroid" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-centauroid.wav Forms: more centauroid [comparative], most centauroid [superlative]
Etymology: From centaur + -oid. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|centaur|oid}} centaur + -oid Head templates: {{en-adj}} centauroid (comparative more centauroid, superlative most centauroid)
  1. Resembling a centaur in shape — particularly, a creature having an upper humanoid torso adjoining the lower quadrupedal body where the creature's head should normally appear.
    Sense id: en-centauroid-en-adj-dVP2bYdw

Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-centauroid.wav Forms: centauroids [plural]
Etymology: From centaur + -oid. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|centaur|oid}} centaur + -oid Head templates: {{en-noun}} centauroid (plural centauroids)
  1. (fantasy, science fiction) A creature resembling a centaur.
    Sense id: en-centauroid-en-noun-uo~uQRXb Categories (other): Fantasy, Science fiction, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -oid, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Fictional characters Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 64 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -oid: 30 70 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 16 84 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 92 Disambiguation of Fictional characters: 7 93 Topics: fantasy, literature, media, publishing, science-fiction

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