hieracosphinx

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noun

A mythical beast found in Egyptian sculpture and European heraldry, being a lion with the head of a falcon.

OriginAncient Greek ἱεράκων →
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Meanings

nounhieracosphinx (plural hieracosphinxes)

plural hieracosphinxes

  1. A mythical beast found in Egyptian sculpture and European heraldry, being a lion with the head of a falcon.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekἱεράκων“hawk”
  2. Englishhieracosphinx

Ancient Greek ἱεράκων (hierákōn, “hawk”) and Σφίγξ (Sphínx, “Sphinx”), from σφίγγω (sphíngō, “to squeeze”)

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Translations

French hiéracosphinx
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