Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Minotaur

Minotaur (min"o*tar) , noun

[Latin Minotaurus, Greek Minw`tayros; Mi`nos, the husband of Pasiphae + tay^ros a bull, the Minotaur being the offspring of Pasiphae and a bull: compare French minotaure.]

(Class. Mythology) A fabled monster, half man and half bull, confined in the labyrinth constructed by Daedalus in Crete.