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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bucentaur \Bu*cen"taur\, n. [Gr. boy^s ox + ke`ntayros centaur.]
     1. A fabulous monster, half ox, half man.
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     2. [It. bucentoro.] The state barge of Venice, used by the
        doge in the ceremony of espousing the Adriatic.


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