Front | manticore |
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Back | [ˈmæntɪˌkɔ:] 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 狮蝎 |
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