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.