gryphon

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  1. noun Variant of griffin.

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  • Despite my knocks and aches, I was perishingly hungry and fell upon the victuals like a gryphon tearing asunder an ox. —  FSF,October2007
  • Select your preferred way to display the comments and click "Save settings" to activate your changes. gryphon September 5th, 2008 2: 07 pm —  CommonDreams.org Headlines
  • When you prepare unicorn, all you do is sprinkle gryphon urea on the meat and bury it in a mushroom circle for 3 days. —  Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz
  • Dreaming of taking a roll in the hay with a gryphon? —  Fleshbot
  • Considering the way FPs work and all the aimless wandering a gryphon does in flight I think that certain routes would be technically faster. —  WoW.com
 

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/ˈgrɪfən/
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