Dictionary

taur en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈtɔː/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈtoɹ/ (General-American)

Etymology

Clipping of centaur, corresponding to Ancient Greek ταῦρος (taûros, “bull”), from Proto-Indo-European *táwros. Doublet of steer.

Meanings

1. (slang) A fictional creature, resembling a centaur, with the lower body of some four-or-more-legged animal and an upper body either of an anthropomorphic version of that same animal or (less commonly) of a human or another humanoid creature.
   • Tails and wings both greatly affect clothing choices, same with taur species. 2021, Ian Madison Keller, Mary E. Dowd, Furry Fiction Is Everywhere: A Step-by-Step Guide to Writing Anthropomorphic Characters, Rainbow Dog Books, →ISBN, page 58:
   • His character was a husky taur with dark red fur.
   • Near-synonyms: merfur or merperson (piscine lower body), naga or lamia (serpentine lower body)

Forms

Coordinates

feral · anthro

Deriveds

hextaur · taur train

Relateds

-taur · tauric · multifur

Synonyms

naga or lamia[serpentine]] lower body> · merfur or merperson[piscine]] lower body>