Hippocentaur vs. Centaur — What's the Difference?

A centaur (; Ancient Greek: κένταυρος, kéntauros, Latin: centaurus), or occasionally hippocentaur, is a creature from Greek mythology with the upper body of a human and the lower body and legs of a horse.Centaurs are thought of in many Greek myths as being as wild as untamed horses, and were said to have inhabited the region of Magnesia and Mount Pelion in Thessaly, the Foloi oak forest in Elis, and the Malean peninsula in southern Laconia. Centaurs are subsequently featured in Roman mythology, and were familiar figures in the medieval bestiary.

Greek Mythology One of a race of monsters having the head, arms, and trunk of a man and the body and legs of a horse.

(Astronomy) Any of a group of icy asteroids that orbit the sun primarily in the region between Jupiter and Neptune, whose orbits they cross. Some centaurs appear to be more like comets than asteroids.

(Greek mythology) A mythical beast having a horse's body with a man's head and torso in place of the head and neck of the horse.

An icy planetoid that orbits the Sun between Jupiter and Neptune.

(chess) A chess-playing team comprising a human player and a computer who work together.

A fabulous being, represented as half man and half horse.

A constellation in the southern heavens between Hydra and the Southern Cross.

(classical mythology) a mythical being that is half man and half horse

A conspicuous constellation in the southern hemisphere near the Southern Cross