Onocentaur

Onocentaur

Onocentaur, 1) eigentlich Wesen, welches oben als Mensch u. unten als Esel dargestellt wurde; nach Einigen schwarze, behaarte dämonische Wesen; 2) bei den alten Naturhistorikern eine ungeschwänzte Affenart.


Pierer's Lexicon. 1857–1865.

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