manticore

man ti core |ˈmantiˌkôr ˌmæntɪˈkɔr | ▶noun a mythical beast typically depicted as having the body of a lion, the face of a man, and the sting of a scorpion. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French, via Latin from Greek mantikhōras, corrupt reading in Aristotle for martikhoras, from an Old Persian word meaning ‘man-eater. ’

manticore

manticore |ˈmantɪkɔː | ▶noun a mythical animal typically depicted as having the body of a lion, the head of a man, and the sting of a scorpion. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French, via Latin from Greek mantikhōras, corrupt reading in Aristotle for martikhoras, from an Old Persian word meaning ‘maneater ’.