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nounan inscrutable person who keeps his thoughts and intentions secret
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noun(Greek mythology) a riddling winged monster with a woman's head and breast on a lion's body; daughter of Typhontype of:
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nounone of a number of large stone statues with the body of a lion and the head of a man that were built by the ancient Egyptianstype of:
Definition that contains sphinx
- giza an ancient Egyptian city on the west bank of the Nile opposite Cairo; site of three Great Pyramids and the Sphinx
- typhon (Greek mythology) a monster with a hundred heads who breathed out flames; son of Typhoeus and father of Cerberus and the Chimera and the Sphinx
- gizeh an ancient Egyptian city on the west bank of the Nile opposite Cairo; site of three Great Pyramids and the Sphinx
- el giza an ancient Egyptian city on the west bank of the Nile opposite Cairo; site of three Great Pyramids and the Sphinx
- sphingine resembling a sphinx