Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Agents Facet
3. Living Organisms (hierarchy name)
4. living organisms (entities)
5. Eukaryota (domain)
6. Animalia (kingdom)
7. legendary beings

Anotations

Scope note:

Legendary creatures having the head, trunk, and arms of a man joined to the body and legs of a horse. The term derives from early Greek literature where it referred to a savage tribe of Thessaly, who were said to be expert horse riders.