Definitions for manticore

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manticore man·ti·core

Spelling: [man-ti-kawr, -kohr]

IPA: /ˈmæn tɪˌkɔr, -ˌkoʊr/

Manticore is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 886 anagrams from letters in manticore (aceimnort).

Definitions for manticore

noun

1. a legendary monster with a man's head, horns, a lion's body, and the tail of a dragon or, sometimes, a scorpion.

Origin of manticore

1300-50; Middle English Latin mantichōrās Greek, erroneous reading for martichṓras Iranian; compare Old Persian martiya- man, Avestan x^var- devour, Persian mardom-khar