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manticore
[man-ti-kawr, -kohr]
noun
a legendary monster with a man's head, horns, a lion's body, and the tail of a dragon or, sometimes, a scorpion.
manticore
/ ˈæԳɪˌɔː /
noun
a monster with a lion's body, a scorpion's tail, and a man's head with three rows of teeth. It roamed the jungles of India and, like the Sphinx, would ask travellers a riddle and kill them when they failed to answer it
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of manticore1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of manticore1
Example Sentences
He saw Nico and his sister on a snowy cliff in Maine, Percy Jackson protecting them from a manticore.
Its residents include elves, fairies, centaurs, manticores and at least one queer cyclops.
Either way, by the time “Onward” has wrapped its journey, it will probably be the only movie with a manticore to make you cry.
The shield had been badly damaged in a manticore attack last winter, but now it was perfect again—not a scratch.
The searchlights blinded Thalia, and the manticore swatted her away with its tail.
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