Home › Words › M › manticoramanticoramanticora means any of various tiger beetles of genus Manticora.EtymologyBorrowed from translingual Manticora, from the same source as Etymology 1.nounAny of various tiger beetles of genus Manticora.e.g.““A tuberous manticora!” he exclaimed. The insect began to move again, and as it crawled down to the entrance of the nostrils the tickling sensation became too much for endurance, and Benedict sneezed.” — 1878, Jules Verne, Dick Sand, A Captain at Fifteen:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.mantislike 59% match — Resembling or characteristic of a mantis. vs manticora →mantoid 56% match — Of, relating to, or resembling the order Mantodea. vs manticora →cantharid 56% match — Any beetle in the family Cantharidae. vs manticora →cicindeline 56% match — Any of the subfamily Cicindelinae of carabid beetles, the tiger beetles. vs manticora →mantisfly 54% match — Any species of insects in the family Mantispidae, which have heads and front legs looking like those of the praying mantis. vs manticora →anthicid 53% match — Any of the beetles in the family Anthicidae. vs manticora →trematurid 53% match — Any mite of the family Trematuridae vs manticora →ceratocanthid 53% match — Any beetle of the subfamily Ceratocanthinae. vs manticora →