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Definition of Manticora
1. Noun. A mythical monster having the head of man (with horns) and the body of a lion and the tail of a scorpion.
Generic synonyms: Mythical Creature, Mythical Monster
Lexicographical Neighbors of Manticora
Literary usage of Manticora
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith, Edward Pidgeon, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1832)
"manticora, Fab. The two only known species inhabit ... and which appears to us
to differ little from the manticora but in not having the elytra ..."
2. A History of the Earth and Animated Nature by Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (1810)
"It.is impossible to tame it, however young it be taken, and whatever method we
make use of. H is seldom brought alive into Europe* THE manticora. (Plate 93. ..."
3. Curious Creatures in Zoology: With 130 Illus. Throughout the Text by John Ashton (1890)
"Of curious animals, other than Apes, depicted as having some approach to the
human countenance, perhaps the most curious is the manticora. ..."
4. A Naturalist in the Transvaal by William Lucas Distant (1892)
"The genus manticora, so restricted to this region, I only found in one species
around Pretoria. It is very local, appears shortly after the first rains, ..."
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