banth

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The banth is a fierce beast of prey that roams the low hills surrounding the dead seas of ancient Mars.

The Gods of Mars 1913
May 21, 2008 at 6:07 am oh! that is sweet! i like it. banth says:

From the Depths… - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
Not my favorite of the ERB worlds but I did gain an understanding of how ERB always had a lion in each world call it a tharban or a tarag or a banth but it's still a lion.

Mike Kaluta's Venus Dark Worlds Club 2008
And this isn't just some wild-banth chase; we're here to help the Zenobians find those invisible aliens.

Phule me twice Asprin, Robert 2001
"Thy tongue is as venomous as that of the she-banth O-Tar sent to The Towers of Jetan," he said.

The Chessmen of Mars 1922
Tara of Helium saw it coming and leaped for the tree toward which she had been moving, and the banth realized her intention and redoubled his speed.

The Chessmen of Mars 1922
She knew it well -- the weird note of the hunting banth.

The Chessmen of Mars 1922
There is nothing more wonderful about your carcass than there is about the carcass of a banth.

The Chessmen of Mars 1922
It was a banth -- the great, maned lion of Barsoom.

The Chessmen of Mars 1922
The rumbling roar of a banth reverberated among the hills.

The Chessmen of Mars 1922