| 单词 | manticore |
| 释义 | manticore /man"ti kawr', -kohr'/, n. a legendary monster with a man's head, horns, a lion's body, and the tail of a dragon or, sometimes, a scorpion. [1300-50; ME < L mantichoras < Gk, erroneous reading for martichóras < Iranian; cf. Old Persian martiya- man, Avestan xvar- devour, Persian mardom-khar < man-eating; prob. ult. alluding to the tiger, once common in the Caspian Sea region] |
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