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Added 9 October 2026

manticora

noun

Latin root: mantichōras Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. More about manticora at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A mythical monster having the head of man (with horns) and the body of a lion and the tail of a scorpion.

Origin

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin mantichōras, from Ancient Greek μαρτιχόρας (martikhóras).

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