MANTICORE


Meaning of MANTICORE in English

/man"ti kawr', -kohr'/ , n.

a legendary monster with a man's head, horns, a lion's body, and the tail of a dragon or, sometimes, a scorpion.

[ 1300-50; ME mantichoras martichóras martiya- man, Avestan x v ar- devour, Persian mardom-khar ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .