Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- A so-called class of vertebrate animals, supposed to be intermediate between birds and mammals, composed of extinct saurians, such as ichthyosaurs and pterodactyls, together with monotrematous mammals, but having no characters by which it can be defined.
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Examples
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[Gryphones, de quibus Paulus Venetæ] Nec non et gryphi illic apparent pro media posteriori parte in forma leonis, pro anteriori in forma aquilæ.
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Sed sciatis, corpus magni gryphi maius esse octo leonibus de partibus istis.
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Sed sciatis, corpus magni gryphi maius esse octo leonibus de partibus istis.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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[Gryphones, de quibus Paulus Venet鎉 Nec non et gryphi illic apparent pro media posteriori parte in forma leonis, pro anteriori in forma aquil�.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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