Sphinx
English Translation from English to English dictionary online for the word Sphinx
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1 n.
In Egyptian art, an image of granite or porphyry, having a human head, or the head of a ram or of a hawk, upon the wingless body of a lion.
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2 n.
On Greek art and mythology, a she-monster, usually represented as having the winged body of a lion, and the face and breast of a young woman.
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3 n.
Hence: A person of enigmatical character and purposes, especially in politics and diplomacy.
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4 n.
Any one of numerous species of large moths of the family Sphingidae; -- called also hawk moth.
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5 n.
The Guinea, or sphinx, baboon (Cynocephalus sphinx).
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6 n.
In Egyptian art, an image of granite or porphyry, having a human head, or the head of a ram or of a hawk, upon the wingless body of a lion.
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7 n.
On Greek art and mythology, a she-monster, usually represented as having the winged body of a lion, and the face and breast of a young woman.
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8 n.
Hence: A person of enigmatical character and purposes, especially in politics and diplomacy.
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9 n.
Any one of numerous species of large moths of the family Sphingidae; -- called also hawk moth.
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10 n.
The Guinea, or sphinx, baboon (Cynocephalus sphinx).