An inconvenient time for the manticora to get hungry!.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Spell For Chameleon]

"That doesn't look like a skeleton," the manticora said.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Source of Magic]

Julian turned away and looked back at the dead manticora.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Hand of Oberon]

In an open space, he was no possible match for the manticora.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Spell For Chameleon]

In the meantime, the manticora let out a bitter, wailing cry.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Hand of Oberon]

But when I asked him his talent, the manticora abruptly roared.    From Wordnik.com.  [Question Quest]

I did not know the intelligence or psychology of the manticora.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Hand of Oberon]

"Should the Queen supervise the restoration?" the manticora asked.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Source of Magic]

I glanced at the manticora, at the dogs seated in a circle about it.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Hand of Oberon]

He regarded the still-twitching manticora, then looked at me and smiled.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Hand of Oberon]

So I went down to feed the manticora, who turned out not to be that hungry.    From Wordnik.com.  [Question Quest]

As with the manticora, concerned about his soul: if he had none, he wouldn't.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Spell For Chameleon]

There was a thump behind as the manticora fell free and rolled back to its feet.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Spell For Chameleon]

Yet how sad the remaining females looked-the manticora, the sphinx, and the harpies.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Source of Magic]

We encountered another manticora later, but we dispatched it with no damage to ourselves.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Guns of Avalon]

Yet the manticora was bearing up with grace, and playing the game of charades and costumes.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Source of Magic]

"Molar-face!" the manticora repeated incredulously, showing about sixty molars in the process.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Spell For Chameleon]

He had shown the manticora-and Bink himself-something vital about the nature of life in Xanth.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Spell For Chameleon]

On the other hand, I was not certain that the manticora even realized that it was being pursued.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Hand of Oberon]

"Welcome to lunch, little morsel," the manticora said, arching its segmented tail up over its back.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Spell For Chameleon]

"The hippocampus, the manticora-they're serving their year's service, discouraging idle questioners?".    From Wordnik.com.  [A Spell For Chameleon]

There was no surer route to Chester's favor than praise of his hero-uncle, as perhaps the manticora knew.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Source of Magic]

Bink exploded, thinking of what the hippocampus and manticora would do to him if they got a second chance.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Spell For Chameleon]

Surely there would be some way to announce his presence, assuming that the ruckus with the manticora had not sufficed.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Spell For Chameleon]

He found he rather liked the castle and its denizens; even the manticora was affable now that the Magician had given the word.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Spell For Chameleon]

Bink scrambled through the barred gate as the manticora charged down the hall too late, splinters of wood falling from it's tail.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Spell For Chameleon]

There was surely another creature standing guard inside, in lieu of the manticora Bink had known: the one at the Anniversary party.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Source of Magic]

It was a manticora-a creature the size of a horse, with the head of a man, body of a lion, wings of a dragon, and tail of a scorpion.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Spell For Chameleon]

Bink remembered how Humfrey had told the manticora that he had a soul-in such a manner that the creature was satisfied emotionally as well as intellectually.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Source of Magic]

But in Mundania creatures like the lamia, manticora, and dragon never evolved. ".    From Wordnik.com.  [A Spell For Chameleon]

The manticora laughed musically.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Source of Magic]

Then be remembered the manticora.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Source of Magic]

I was being pursued by a manticora.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Hand of Oberon]

"Times are changing," the manticora said.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Source of Magic]

"A manticora.".    From Wordnik.com.  [A Spell For Chameleon]

"Oh-the manticora is hungry.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Spell For Chameleon]

The griffins, merfolk, chimerae, basilisks, manticora-and, of course, my own species, the centaurs.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dragon on a Pedestal]