man·ti·core 
(măntĭ-kôr′)
(măntĭ-kôr′)n.
A legendary monster having the head of a man, the body of a lion, and the tail of a dragon or scorpion.
[Middle English manticores, from Latin mantichōra, from Greek mantikhōras, variant of martiokhōras, from Old Iranian *martiya-khvāra-, man-eater : *martiya-, man; see mer- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots + *-khvāra-, eater; see swel- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]