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Noun Concept
Categories: Fantasy creatures, Egyptian legendary creatures, Monsters in Greek mythology, Mythological lions, Mythological hybrids
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Sphinx
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(Greek mythology) a riddling winged monster with a woman's head and breast on a lion's body; daughter of Typhon WordNet 3.0
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A sphinx is a mythical creature with the head of a human, the body of a lion, and the wings of an eagle. Wikipedia
Mythical creature with the head of a human and the body of a lion. Wikipedia Disambiguation
Egyptian mythological creature with the head of a human and the body of a lion Wikidata
One of the many offspring of Typhon and Echidna, a winged lion-like creature with a woman's face, who commited suicide out of frustration after Oedipus managed to solve her riddles. Wiktionary