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Sphinx

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Meaning

Noun

●
In Mythology, Mythological creatures & Old World monkeys:
A
with the
of a person and the body of an
(commonly a lion).
●
In People:
A person who
his/her
and
; an
or
person.
●
In Old World monkeys:
A
(Mandrillus
), formerly
as a
, and called
.
●
In Ancient Egypt, Egyptian mythology & Sphinx moths:
A
moth.
●
A sphincter.

Verb

●
To
with sphinxes.
●
In Ancient Egypt, Egyptian mythology & Old World monkeys:
To
the
of the Sphinx.
●
To be
, often through silence.
●
In Ancient Egypt, Egyptian mythology & Old World monkeys:
To
of the Sphinx.

Name

●
An
, large
in Egypt, with the
of a
and the body of a
,
the Great Pyramids.
●
One of the many
of Typhon and Echidna, a
lion-like
with a woman's
, who
after Oedipus
to
her riddles.
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