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Word: Manticore
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late Middle English: from Old French, via Latin from Greek mantikhōras, corrupt reading in Aristotle for martikhoras, from an Old Persian word meaning ‘maneater’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈmantɪkɔː
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a mythical animal typically depicted as having the body of a lion, the head of a man, and the sting of a scorpion.
Short Definition:mythical animal depicted as having body of lion, head of man, and sting of scorpion
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