Definition of Manticores

1. Noun. (plural of manticore) ¹

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Definition of Manticores

1. manticore [n] - See also: manticore

Lexicographical Neighbors of Manticores

mantelets
mantelletta
mantellettas
mantelpiece
mantelpieces
mantels
mantelshelf
mantelshelves
manteltree
mantes
manti
mantic
mantichora
manticora
manticore
manticores
mantid
mantids
mantienneite
manties
mantiger
mantilla
mantillas
mantinada
mantis
mantis crab
mantis crabs
mantis prawn
mantis shrimp
mantises

Literary usage of Manticores

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Some Account of Gothic Architecture in Spain by George Edmund Street (1914)
"... but others fetched directly from the east—winged and feathered antelopes, and manticores with crowned head pecking at eagles—in a tangle that resolves ..."

2. The Way of Saint James by Georgiana Goddard King (1920)
"The northern walk, along the church, has storied capitals and the western, leaf forms or oriental creatures. Here are the sphinxes and manticores and ..."

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