manticore
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
manticore /ˈmantɪkɔː/
▶noun a mythical beast typically depicted as having the body of a lion, the face of a man, and the sting of a scorpion.
– origin ME: from OFr., via L. from Gk mantikhōras, corrupt reading in Aristotle for martikhoras, from an Old Pers. word meaning ‘maneater’.
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