OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 8457

sphinx

/ˈsfɪŋks/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
esfinge
A creature with the head of a person and the body of an animal, commonly a lion.
[W]hatsoe'er of strange / Sculptured on alabaster obelisk, / Or jasper tomb, or mutilated sphynx, / Dark Æthiopia in her desert hills. / Conceals.