centauroid

centauroid
Of or pertaining to something resembling a centaur in shape — particularly, a creature having a humanoid torso adjoining a quadrupedal body.

1974: "Centauroid was a very loose description. The burly two-armed torso merged smoothly with the four-legged barrel..." — Poul Anderson, Fire Time

2. noun
A creature resembling a centaur.

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