griffin

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a mythical creature with the body of a lion and the head and wings of an eagle

   A carved griffin guarded each side of the palace entrance.

From Middle English griffoun and Old French griffon, from Latin gryphus and Ancient Greek gryps, the name of the legendary eagle-lion creature. The spelling gryphon preserves another route from the same classical source.

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