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manticora

manticora is the alternative form of manticore.

Meaning of manticore

Noun

manticore (plural manticores)

  1. (Greek) A beast with the body of a lion (usually red), the tail of a scorpion, and the head/face of a man with a mouth filled with multiple rows of sharp teeth (like a shark), said to be able to shoot spikes from its tail or mane to paralyse prey. It may be horned, winged, or both; its voice is described as a mixture of pipes and trumpets.
    • Now may I present to you the basilisk?
      Please down your goggles if you wish to resist
      From the fiery depths of the planet’s core
      The never sleeping for want of eating unholy stench of the manticore2005, “Circus Maximus”, performed by Clutch

Noun

manticora (plural manticoras)

  1. Any of various tiger beetles of genus Manticora.
    • “A tuberous manticora!” he exclaimed. The insect began to move again, and as it crawled down to the entrance of the nostrils the tickling sensation became too much for endurance, and Benedict sneezed.1878, Jules Verne, Dick Sand, A Captain at Fifteen
    • There still are many questions concerning manticoras' behaviour and biology, nevertheless the facts already observed permit to form a basic picture.2002, Jaroslav Mareš, Manticora: a monograph of the genus

Forms of manticora

pluralmanticoras

Origin of manticora

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin mantichōras, from Ancient Greek μαρτιχόρας (martikhóras).

Borrowed from translingual Manticora, from the same source as Etymology 1.

Questions about manticora

What does manticora mean?
Manticora means any of various tiger beetles of genus Manticora.
What is manticora the alternative form of?
Manticora is the alternative form of manticore.
What part of speech is manticora?
Manticora is a noun.
What is the plural of manticora?
The plural of manticora is manticoras.

Words near manticora in the dictionary

  1. Mantias
  2. mantic
  3. Manticao
  4. manticism
  5. manticisms
  6. manticora
  7. manticoras
  8. manticore
  9. manticores
  10. mantics
  11. mantid

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