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Definition of: Bucentaur
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·sen′tôr) noun
1. The state barge of Venice, used by the Doge on Ascension Day.
2. A mythical monster, half bull and half man. [<Ital. bucentoro,? <Med. Gk. boukentauros bucentaur <Gk. bous bull + kentauros centaur; with ref. to the vessel's figurehead]
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