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Definition of Manticore
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
Definition of Manticore
1. Noun. A mythical beast with the body of a lion, the tail of a scorpion, and the head of a man, said to be able to shoot spikes from its tail or mane. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Manticore
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Manticore
Literary usage of Manticore
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"Same as manticore.— 2. [cap.] A genus of tiger-beetles of the family ...
regarded as a family. manticore (man'ti-kör), «. [Also manticor, manticora ..."
2. The Pit-Prop Syndicate by Freeman W. Crofts (1922)
"THE manticore A manticore is a monster with the head of a man, ... As the analysis
proceeds, the manticore is among the symbols that emerge, ..."
3. Metrical Romances of the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Centuries by Henry William Weber, Weber, Henry William, 1783-1818 (1810)
"The manticore is a monster having three rows of teeth, with the face of a man and
... Probably the same as the manticore described in the preceding note. ..."
4. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"... in the novel by Mrs. Shelly), Scylla and Charybdis, Cyclops, Erinnyes. harpy,
siren, ogre (mase.), ogress (Jem.), bucen- taur, manche, manticore, ..."
5. A Glossary of Tudor and Stuart Words: Especially from the Dramatists by Walter William Skeat, Anthony Lawson Mayhew (1914)
"... homage, service due from tenants. manticore, a fabulous animal, compounded of
a lion, porcupine, and scorpion, with a human head. Skelton, ed. Dyce, i. ..."
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