<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a monster, the offspring of Pasiphaë and the Cretan bull, that had the head of a bull on the body of a man; housed in the Cretan Labyrinth, it was fed on human flesh until Theseus, helped by Ariadne, killed it.</li><li>any person or thing that devours or destroys.</li></ul>