Definition of "manticore" []

• A legendary monster having the head of a man, the body of a lion, and the tail of a dragon or scorpion. (noun)

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• "A manticore is a vulnerable creature, lacking human hands to defend the softness of its face, and the sting compensates for that vulnerability."
• "Yes, that is six-year-old me with a stuffy manticore."
• "Before her eyes, the manticore began changing, and then she was staring down into the slanty eyes of a humongous, serpentine python."