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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
/ 藞尘忙苍迟瑟藢办蓴藧 /
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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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of manticore1
1300鈥50; Middle English < Latin 尘补苍迟颈肠丑艒谤腻蝉 < Greek, erroneous reading for 尘补谤迟颈肠丑峁搑补蝉 < 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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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of manticore1
C21: from Latin manticora , from Greek 尘补苍迟颈肠丑艒谤腻蝉 , corruption of 尘补谤迟颈肠丑辞谤腻蝉 , from Persian mardkhora man-eater
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He saw Nico and his sister on a snowy cliff in Maine, Percy Jackson protecting them from a manticore.
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Its residents include elves, fairies, centaurs, manticores and at least one queer cyclops.
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Either way, by the time 鈥淥nward鈥 has wrapped its journey, it will probably be the only movie with a manticore to make you cry.
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The shield had been badly damaged in a manticore attack last winter, but now it was perfect again鈥攏ot a scratch.
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The searchlights blinded Thalia, and the manticore swatted her away with its tail.
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