Other forms: minotaurs
The Minotaur is a monster with a bull's head kept in a maze. Slay the Minotaur, the Minotaur's labyrinth, face the Minotaur.
In the myth it was kept in the labyrinth built by Daedalus under the palace at Knossos, fed on tribute from Athens, and killed by Theseus, who found his way out again by Ariadne's thread. The labyrinth has become one of the standard metaphors for a problem you can enter more easily than leave. Note that Minotaur means bull of Minos, so the name belongs to the king rather than the monster.
1nounminotaurA monster with a bull's head kept in a maze.
“The Minotaur was fed roughly seven Athenians every nine years.”
minotaur is a mythical monster.
Greek Minotauros is Minos plus tauros, a bull — the bull of Minos, named after the king whose wife bore it. Taurus and toreador come from the same bull.
Middle English
Minotaure,Mynataur,mynatour,Mynotaur,Mynotawre
English, today
minotaur
From Middle English Minotaure,Mynataur,mynatour,Mynotaur,Mynotawre; see Minotaur.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA
Practised in Myths & Legends, Fairy Tales & Folklore