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a lion with a human face and a tail that fires venomous spines like arrows
means A legendary man-eating beast from Persian myth, typically depicted with a lion's body, a human face, and a tail tipped with deadly spines.
from From Latin manticora, borrowed through Greek mantikhoras, which mangled the original Old Persian martyaxwar — literally 'man-eater' (from martiya, 'man,' plus a root meaning 'to eat'). So the name is exactly as honest as the creature: it tells you, right on the label, what it wants for dinner. Greek scribes garbled the Persian, and the garble stuck.
- triple threat
- Lion body, human head, scorpion tail combined
- name origin
- Persian for man-eater
- three rows
- Teeth in three rows, sometimes described as sharks
- trumpet voice
- Said to roar like a flute and trumpet mixed
- leaves nothing
- Devours victims whole, clothes and all included