MEANING
A legendary monster traditionally having a humanlike face, a lion's body, and a venomous or spiked tail.
Use it for
composite predators; poisoned attacks; deceptively human facesMake familiar human features disturbingly out of place on an animal body.
Words that belong together
- manticore's tail
- hunt a manticore
- lair of a manticore
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The manticore smiled with a face almost like the king's.
Its tracks ended where the manticore had dragged its tail through the sand.
They baited the manticore with goats, but it wanted conversation.
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- manticore
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Usage notes
Primary category: fantasy. A particular composite beast; wings occur in some later depictions but are not required by the traditional description. Noun: manticore; plural manticores.
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