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sphinx


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sphinx  \Sphinx\,  n.  [L.,  from  Gr  sfi`gx,  usually  derived  from 
  sfi`ggein  to  bind  tight  or  together,  as  if  the  Throttler.] 
  1. 
  a  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  sphinx 
  n  1:  an  inscrutable  person  who  keeps  his  thoughts  and  intentions 
  secret 
  2:  (Greek  mythology)  a  riddling  winged  monster  with  a  woman's 
  head  and  breast  on  a  lion's  body;  daughter  of  Typhon  [syn: 
  {Sphinx}] 
  3:  one  of  a  number  of  large  stone  statues  with  the  body  of  a 
  lion  and  the  head  of  a  man  that  were  built  by  the  ancient 
  Egyptians 




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