manticore /ˈmæntɪˌkɔː/

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  N a monster with a lion's body, a scorpion's tail, and a man's 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 人头狮身蝎尾兽