manticore

A mythical monster from ancient and medieval legend, typically depicted with the head of a man (sometimes with horns), the body of a lion, and the tail of a scorpion.

• 🇩🇪Mythisches Fabeltier, halb Mensch, halb Tier, mit dem Kopf eines Menschen, dem Körper eines Löwen und einem Skorpionschwanz. Es hat meist ein gefährliches, menschenfressendes Wesen und verbreitet einen giftigen Stachel.

1. Mythical creature C1 formal

   A legendary beast with the head of a man (often with horns), the body of a lion, and the tail of a scorpion.

   • The manticore is a fearsome creature from ancient Persian mythology.
   • In medieval bestiaries, the manticore was described as a man-eating monster.
   • The hero in the story had to defeat a manticore to save the kingdom.

   🇩🇪Fabelwesen

   Synonyme: mantichoramanticoramantiger

• manticores plural form
• manticores' possessive plural form
• manticore's possessive singular form