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hieracosphinx

hieracosphinx noun: a mythical beast found in Egyptian sculpture and European heraldry, being a lion with the head of a falcon.

Noun

hieracosphinx (plural hieracosphinxes)

  1. A mythical beast found in Egyptian sculpture and European heraldry, being a lion with the head of a falcon.

Forms of hieracosphinx

pluralhieracosphinxes

Origin of hieracosphinx

Ancient Greek ἱεράκων (hierákōn, “hawk”) and Σφίγξ (Sphínx, “Sphinx”), from σφίγγω (sphíngō, “to squeeze”)

Questions about hieracosphinx

What does hieracosphinx mean?
Hieracosphinx means a mythical beast found in Egyptian sculpture and European heraldry, being a lion with the head of a falcon.
What part of speech is hieracosphinx?
Hieracosphinx is a noun.
What is the plural of hieracosphinx?
The plural of hieracosphinx is hieracosphinxes.

Words near hieracosphinx in the dictionary

  1. Hieracian
  2. Hieracians
  3. Hieracite
  4. Hieracites
  5. Hieraconpolis
  6. hieracosphinx
  7. hieracosphinxes
  8. Hierakonpolis
  9. hierapicra
  10. hierarch
  11. hierarchal

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