Lampago
Mythical heraldic beast in the form of a "man-tiger or man-lion"
A lampago or lympago is a mythical heraldic beast in the form of a "man-tiger or man-lion" with the body of a tiger or lion and the head of a man. It should be distinguished from similar mythical heraldic beasts the manticore and the satyral.
The best-known usage of the lampago in heraldry is in the arms of the ancient Radford family of the manor of Radford in the parish of Plymstock in Devon: Sable, three lampagoes passant in pale coward argent.
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- RadfordArms.png by Lobsterthermidor (talk) 00:52, 25 March 2016 (UTC), CC BY-SA 3.0
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