All 12 Uses

centaur
in
Harry Potter (#1) and the Sorcerer's Stone
(Edited)

He walked forward and shook the centaur's hand.
p. 252.7

centaur = a mythical being that is half man and half horse
He's a centaur.
p. 252.9
A movement in the trees behind Ronan made Hagrid raise his bow again, but it was only a second centaur, black-haired and—bodied and wilder-looking than Ronan.
p. 253.7
"Never," said Hagrid irritably, "try an' get a straight answer out of a centaur."
p. 254.2
They're deep, mind, centaurs… they know things… jus' don' let on much.
p. 254.4
"D'you think that was a centaur we heard earlier?" said Harry.
p. 254.5 *
A centaur was standing over him, not Ronan or Bane; this one looked younger; he had white-blond hair and a palomino body.
p. 256.7
"Are you all right?" said the centaur, pulling Harry to his feet.
p. 256.8
The centaur didn't answer.
p. 256.9
Centaurs are concerned with what has been foretold!
p. 257.7
The planets have been read wrongly before now, even by centaurs.
p. 259.8
Anyway, who says the centaurs are right?
p. 260.9

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