Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A legendary monster having the head of a man, the body of a lion, and the tail of a dragon or scorpion.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A fabulous monster having the body of a beast of prey, with a human head. In heraldry it is represented with the head of an old man, usually affronté. It usually has horns like those of an ox, or long and spiral, and some writers say that the tail and feet should be those of a dragon.
- n. An unidentified and perhaps imaginary kind of monkey.
Wiktionary
- n. A mythical beast with the body of a lion, the tail of a scorpion, and the head of a man, said to be able to shoot spikes from its tail or mane.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a mythical monster having the head of man (with horns) and the body of a lion and the tail of a scorpion
Etymologies
- Latin mantichōra, from Greek μαντιχώρας (mantichōras), μαρτιχόρας (martichoras), μαρτιοχώρας (martiochōras) "man-eater, tiger", from Old Persian *martya-χvāra "man-eater". (Wiktionary)
- Middle English manticores, from Latin mantichōra, from Greek mantikhōras, variant of martiokhōras, from Old Iranian *martiya-khvāra-, man-eater : *martiya-, man; + *-khvāra-, eater. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“A manticore is a vulnerable creature, lacking human hands to defend the softness of its face, and the sting compensates for that vulnerability.”
“Yes, that is six-year-old me with a stuffy manticore.”
“Before her eyes, the manticore began changing, and then she was staring down into the slanty eyes of a humongous, serpentine python.”
“No more worrying about whether or not I will eat the, uh ...slow roasted manticore or spicy phoenix curry or bbq dragon spare ribs.”
“Kyron glanced back and forth between the manticore and a group of zombies that was coming closer.”
“He stabbed the manticore again and again, pushing it away.”
“Erec bared his teeth at the thing and growled, holding his hands out like claws, and the manticore stepped back.”
“Of course, being a manticore it was impossible to destroy, and its wounds healed almost as fast as they were made.”
“I battled a manticore every night for most of my life.”
““Youse saved us from that bad manticore beast that was after us.””
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘manticore’.
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MYTH - spooky creatures
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Any words List Its open!!
Im savin it for later
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cool beans dude
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Rock on
Get a life dude
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Mythical Beings
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Phantasmas
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Antics
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A Selective Mediæval Bestiary
Beginning with my favourites from this site.
alerion, ant-lion, bear, bonnacon, cinnamologus, hedgehog, weasel, basilisk, asp, oliphant, minotaur, gryphon and 8 more...
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LEGENDARY CREATURES
but only the ones with adorable names
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♥
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Man
Everything that contains a man in it
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Most Obscure Words
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Verba Dilecta
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List of most of the words I've learned
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Cessilind's Words
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harry potter words
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Words Covered in Faery Dust (M)
words that evoke magic, mystery, mayhem, magnificence or anything else that glimmers in the grass
mace, macintosh, madras, magenta, magic 8 ball, magma, mahogany, maiden, mail, mainsail, maize, malachite and 169 more...
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List of Heraldry Terms
Words and phrases used in blazoning heraldic devices, along with names and other terms associated with the art and science.
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