bucentaur

Etymology
Supposedly from, but perhaps invented later. See.

Noun

 * 1) A supposed mythical monster, half ox, half man.
 * 2) A Venetian barge modelled on the state barge (called Bucentaur) used annually on Ascension Day in the ancient ceremony of the marriage of the state with the Adriatic.

Translations

 * French:
 * Portuguese: bucentauro

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Noun

 * 1) A  Venetian galley.
 * 2) A  human-bovine hybrid.

Etymology
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