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Mythical creatures > Manticores

Preferred term

Manticores  

Definition(s)

  • Swift and powerful man-eating monsters with the head, eyes and ears of a man, with three rows of teeth in each jaw; the body of a lion; a tail with spines which could be shot like arrows and a poisonous sting at the end; and a voice like a blend of pipes and trumpets; said to roam the jungles of south Asia, but its origins seem to be Persian

Broader concept(s)

Synonym(s)

  • Mantichora

Notation

  • 118740

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-X3LNPZ79-X

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