griffin

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27 Ans P.S.--And the griffin is artificial.

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  1. noun A fabulous beast with the head and wings of an eagle and the body of a lion.

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  • He was nevertheless a handsome griffin, and so was attractive to Grinelle Griffin, who worked at the village. —  The Dastard
  • “If the griffin is hidden some-vvhere in the north, the basilisk perhaps in the south, and the wyvern has been taken to the volcanic lair of the Dark Lord by the darkmage Shorkan—” Edyll eyed them all with his wise gaze. —  Witch Gate.htm
  • Therefore the killer wiggle that had gotten the griffin should be right about here. —  A Spell for Chameleon
  • The dive-bombing of a griffin was a thing not even a dragon could afford to ignore. —  The Source of Magic
  • Indeed, the griffin was angling down to join them. —  The Source of Magic
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  1. Middle English griffoun, from Old French griffon, from grif, from Latin grȳpus, grȳphus, variants of grȳps, grȳp-, from Greek grūps.

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  1. Also written griffon, gryphon, and formerly gryfon; from Middle English griffyn, usually griffon, griffoun = Dutch griffoen, from Old French grifon, French griffon = Provencal grifó, now griffoun = Spanish grifon = Italian grifone, from Middle Latin grypho(n-), gripho(n-), grifo(n-), griffo(n-), a griffin (also in Middle Latin a certain coin), augmentative of the simple form, Old French grif, also grip = Spanish grifo = Portuguese grifo, gripho, grypho = Italian griffo (= Old High German grīf, grīfo, Middle High German grīf, German greif, etc., = English gripe: see gripe), from Late Latin gryphus, Middle Latin also griphus, grifus, griffus, a griffin, a vulture (cf. gripus, grippa, a kind of ship), a variant of Latin gryps, from Greek γρύψ (γρυπ-), a fabulous creature variously described, named from its hooked beak, from γρυπός, curved, hook-nosed. The application to a vulture seems to have been suggested by the likeness of Greek γρύψ, a griffin, to γύψ, a vulture. Cf. gripe.
 

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