Usually means: Assyrian protective deity, human-headed bull.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (lamassu)

noun:  An Assyrian protective deity, often depicted as having the head of a human, the body of an ox or lion, and the wings of a bird.
noun:  (by extension) A representation – especially a statue – of a lamassu.

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