Androsphinx vs. Sphinx — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Androsphinx and Sphinx
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Androsphinx
A sphinx with the head of a man.
Sphinx
A sphinx ( SFINGKS, Ancient Greek: σφίγξ [spʰíŋks], Boeotian: φίξ [pʰíːks], plural sphinxes or sphinges) is a mythical creature with the head of a human and the body of a lion with the wings of a falcon. In Greek tradition, the sphinx has the head of a woman, the haunches of a lion, and the wings of a bird.
Androsphinx
A man sphinx; a sphinx having the head of a man and the body of a lion.
Sphinx
(Mythology)A figure in Egyptian myth having the body of a lion and the head of a man, ram, or hawk.
Sphinx
Often Sphinx Greek Mythology A winged creature having the head of a woman and the body of a lion, noted for killing those who could not answer its riddle.
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Sphinx
Pl. sphinxes A puzzling or mysterious person.
Sphinx
Pl. sphinxes also sphinx Variant of sphynx.
Sphinx
(mythology) A creature with the head of a person and the body of an animal (commonly a lion).
Sphinx
A person who keeps his/her thoughts and intentions secret; an enigmatic or impassive person.
Sphinx
(dated) A mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx), formerly classified as a baboon, and called sphinx baboon.
Sphinx
A sphinx moth.
Sphinx
(rare) A sphincter.
Sphinx
To decorate with sphinxes. move to adjective sphinxed
A marble sphinxed chimney-piece
Sphinx
To adopt the posture of the Sphinx.
A hot lion with a very bloated stomach ... will adopt either a sphinxed or a squatting posture which takes some of the weight off its belly.
Several animals maintained either a crouched ... or a sphinxing posture (abdomen on the floor)
Sphinx
To be inscrutable, often through silence.
Sphinx
To behave in a manner characteristic of the Sphinx.
Sphinx
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.
The awful ruins of the days of old . . .Or jasper tomb, or mutilated sphinx.
Sphinx
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.
Sphinx
Hence: A person of enigmatical character and purposes, especially in politics and diplomacy.
Sphinx
Any one of numerous species of large moths of the family Sphingidæ; - called also hawk moth. See also tomato worm.
Sphinx
The Guinea, or sphinx, baboon (Cynocephalus sphinx).
Sphinx
An inscrutable person who keeps his thoughts and intentions secret
Sphinx
(Greek mythology) a riddling winged monster with a woman's head and breast on a lion's body; daughter of Typhon
Sphinx
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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