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Sphinx
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(1):
(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.
(2):
(n.) Hence: A person of enigmatical character and purposes, especially in politics and diplomacy.
(3):
(n.) Any one of numerous species of large moths of the family Sphingidae; - called also hawk moth.
(4):
(n.) The Guinea, or sphinx, baboon (Cynocephalus sphinx).
(5):
(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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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Sphinx'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/s/sphinx.html. 1828.
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Sphinx'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/s/sphinx.html. 1828.
