semitaur

== English == === Alternative forms === semitaure, semitawre === Etymology === Latin semi-, 'half', + taurus, 'bull'. === Noun === semitaur (plural semitaurs) A mythical beast, half man, half bull. 1592, Nicholas Breton, The pilgrimage to paradise, ioyned with the Countesse of Penbrookes loue, compiled in verse by Nicholas Breton Gentleman, Ioseph Barnes, page 8: Some semitawres, and some more halfe a beareOther halfe swine deepe wallowing in the miers. === References === William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “semitaur”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. === Anagrams === muriates, seriatum