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onocentaurus

Pronunciation: [ɔ.nɔ.kɛnˈtau̯.rʊs]

“onocentaurus” is a Latin word. Its 2 meanings in English:

noun

  1. onocentaur (a centaur with the body of an ass)
  2. used of an impure person

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek ὀνοκένταυρος (onokéntauros), an alternative form of ὀνοκένταυρα (onokéntaura, a kind of tailless ape, a kind of demon haunting wild places), presumably from ὄνος (ónos, “ass”) + κένταυρος (kéntauros, “centaur”).

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