Definition of: Minotaur

(min′ə·tôr)
In Greek mythology, the offspring, half man and half bull, of Pasiphae and a white bull sent by Poseidon to Minos, who confined it in the Labyrinth where it was annually fed human flesh until killed by Theseus. See ANDROGEUS [<L Minotaurus <Gk. Minōtauros <Minōs Minos + tauros bull]