sphinx
noun [C] /sfɪŋks/ (plural sphinx or sphinxes)Definition
› an ancient imaginary creature with a lion's body and a woman's headLegendary and mythological characters the Sphinx › a large stone statue with a lion's body and a person's head, that stands in the desert near Cairo in EgyptSculpture
(Definition of sphinx noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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