English words for 'plural of Sphinx'
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- An ancient, large statue in Egypt, with the face of a man and the body of a lion, lying near the Great Pyramids.
- (Greek mythology) One of the many offspring of Typhon and Echidna, a winged lion-like creature with a woman's face, who dwelt near the city of Thebes in Boeotia and terrorized travelers by posing riddles, killing those who failed to answer correctly; after Oedipus solved her riddle, she committed suicide out of frustration.
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- (figurative) A person who keeps their thoughts and intentions secret; an enigmatic or impassive person.
- (euphemistic, rare) A sphincter.
- A sphinx moth.
- (mythology) A creature with the head of a person and the body of an animal, commonly a lion.
- 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
- an inscrutable person who keeps their thoughts and intentions secret
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- An ancient, large statue in Egypt, with the face of a man and the body of a lion, lying near the Great Pyramids.
- (Greek mythology) One of the many offspring of Typhon and Echidna, a winged lion-like creature with a woman's face, who dwelt near the city of Thebes in Boeotia and terrorized travelers by posing riddles, killing those who failed to answer correctly; after Oedipus solved her riddle, she committed suicide out of frustration.
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- (figurative) A person who keeps their thoughts and intentions secret; an enigmatic or impassive person.
- (euphemistic, rare) A sphincter.
- A sphinx moth.
- (mythology) A creature with the head of a person and the body of an animal, commonly a lion.
- 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
- an inscrutable person who keeps their thoughts and intentions secret
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