Manticore Wing

Manticore

The manticore or mantichore is a legendary creature from ancient Persian mythology, similar to the Egyptian sphinx that also proliferated in Western European medieval art. It has the face of a human, the body of a lion, and the tail of a scorpion or a tail covered in venomous spines similar to porcupine quills. There are some accounts that the spines can be launched like arrows. It eats its victims whole, using its three rows of teeth, and leaves no bones behind.

Wing

A wing is a structure which produces both lift and drag while moving through air. Wings are defined by two shape characteristics, an airfoil section and a planform. Wing efficiency is expressed as lift-to-drag ratio, which compares the benefit of lift with the air resistance of a given wing shape, as it flies. Aerodynamics includes the study of wing performance in air.

manticore

Noun

1. A beast with the body of a lion (usually red), the tail of a scorpion, and the head/face of a man with a mouth filled with multiple rows of sharp teeth (like a shark), said to be able to shoot spikes from its tail or mane to paralyse prey. It may be horned, winged, or both; its voice is described as a mixture of pipes and trumpets.

wing

Noun

1. An appendage of an animal's (bird, bat, insect) body that enables it to fly.
2. A fin at the side of a ray or similar fish.

Verb

1. To injure slightly (as with a gunshot), especially in the wing or arm.
2. To fly.