单词 | manticore |
释义 | Word Frequency manticore(ˈmæntɪˌkɔː) noun a monster with a lion's body, a scorpion's tail, and a human head with three rows of teeth. It roamed the jungles of India and, like the Sphinx, would ask travellers a riddle and kill them when they failed to answer it Word origin C21: from Latin manticora, from Greek mantichōrās, corruption of martichorās, from Persian mardkhora man-eater |
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