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▸ noun: A person who keeps their thoughts and intentions secret; an enigmatic or impassive person.
▸ noun: (dated) A mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx), formerly classified as a baboon, and called sphinx baboon.
▸ noun: A sphinx moth.
▸ noun: (rare) A sphincter.
▸ verb: (transitive) To decorate with sphinxes.
▸ verb: (transitive, intransitive) To adopt the posture of the Sphinx.
▸ verb: (transitive, intransitive) To be inscrutable, often through silence.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To behave in a manner characteristic of the Sphinx.
▸ noun: (usually with "the") An ancient, large statue in Egypt, with the face of a man and the body of a lion, lying near the Great Pyramids.
▸ noun: (Greek mythology) One of the many offspring of Typhon and Echidna, a winged lion-like creature with a woman's face, who committed suicide out of frustration after Oedipus managed to solve her riddles.
Similar:
hieracosphinx,
criosphinx,
satyral,
manticore,
Sphynx,
leogryph,
doghead,
cynocephalus,
hippocampus,
zoomorph,
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Types:
Egyptisphinx,
Greek sphinx,
Androsphinx,
Criosphinx,
Hieracosphinx,
Alabaster sphinx,
Chimersphinx,
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