Bucentaur

[bju'sentɔ:]

Definition

(n.) A fabulous monster, half ox, half man.

(n.) The state barge of Venice, used by the doge in the ceremony of espousing the Adriatic.

Typist: Nelly

Definition

n. a mythical monster half man and half bull: the state barge of Venice used annually on Ascension Day in the ancient ceremony of the marriage of the state with the Adriatic.

Editor: Roxanne