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noun a mythical monster having the head of man (with horns) and the body of a lion and the tail of a scorpion
originFrom Latin mantichōras, from Ancient Greek μαρτιχόρας (martikhóras, “man-eater; tiger”), from Old Persian *martyahvārah (“man-eater”), from 𐎶𐎼𐎫𐎡𐎹 (m-r-t-i-y /martyaʰ/, “man”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0