minotaur Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun (Greek mythology) a mythical monster with the head of a bull and the body of a man; slain by Theseus

WordNet

Min"o*taur noun
Etymology
L. Minotaurus, Gr. Mi`nos, the husband of Pasiphaë + tay^ros a bull, the Minotaur being the offspring of Pasiphaë and a bull: cf. F. minotaure.
Definitions
  1. (Class. Myth.) A fabled monster, half man and half bull, confined in the labyrinth constructed by Dædalus in Crete.

Webster 1913