Among the lower animals, he enumerates horned horses furnished with wings; the mantichora, with the face of a man, three rows of teeth, a lion's body, and a scorpion's tail; the basilisk, whose very glance is fatal; and an insect which cannot live except in the midst of the flames.    From Wordnik.com.  [Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities] Reference

The mantichora is described by PLINY (whose statements were unquestioningly accepted by the mediæval naturalists), on the authority of CTESIAS (fl.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bygone Beliefs] Reference

Mention must also be made of the purely fabulous animals of the Bestiaries, such as the basilisk, centaur, dragon, griffin, hydra, mantichora, unicorn, phoenix, etc.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bygone Beliefs] Reference