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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
/ ˈmæntɪˌkɔː /
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
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Word History and Origins
Origin of manticore1
1300–50; Middle English < Latin mantichōrās < Greek, erroneous reading for martichṓras < Iranian; compare Old Persian martiya- man, Avestan xvar- devour, Persian mardom-khar < man-eating; probably ultimately alluding to the tiger, once common in the Caspian Sea region
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Word History and Origins
Origin of manticore1
C21: from Latin manticora , from Greek mantichōrās , corruption of martichorās , from Persian mardkhora man-eater
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