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Word | Sphinx |
Telugu Meaning | సింహిక, ముఖము ఆడదానివలెనున్ను శరీరము సింహమువలెనున్ను వుండేటిది |
(Greek mythology) a riddling winged monster with a woman's head and breast on a lion's body; daughter of Typhon / an inscrutable person who keeps his thoughts and intentions secret / (Greek mythology) a riddling winged monster with a woman's head and breast on a lion's body / a winged monster of Thebes, having a woman's head and a lion's body. It propounded a riddle about the three ages of man, killing those who failed to solve it, until Oedipus was successful, whereupon the Sphinx committed suicide. / in ancient Greek and Egyptian stories : a creature with the body of a lion and the head of a person; also : something (such as a statue) in the shape of a sphinx, | |
Usage | ⇒ The Sphinx were common in ancient Egypt ⇒ a statue of the Sphinx |
Synonyms | enigma, secret, chimera, dragon, hydra, phoenix, bewilderment, centaur, cockatrice, conundrum, griffin, griffon, kraken, mermaid, merman, monitor, mystery, riddle, roc, unicorn, |
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