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Definitions
a mythical monster having the head of man (with horns) and the body of a lion and the tail of a scorpion
Word origin
Semi-learned borrowing from Latin mantichōras, from Ancient Greek μαρτιχόρας (martikhóras).
Used in a sentence
“Scar. In plainer Enargy, what are they? speake; But. Mantichoras, monstrous beastes, enemies to mankinde, that ha double rowes of teeth in their mouthes.”
“On the south transept there are some manticoras - creatures with the bodies of lions and the heads of men. Some of these are even more grotesque than the manticoras of the bestiaries.”
“The implication that the gargoyles are the same beast means that they are not intended to be manticoras, since the triple rows of teeth and scorpion's tail are not present in the androcephalous lion.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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