hieracosphinx

n. (古埃及艺术中的)狮身鹰头像

词形变化

hieracosphinxes 复数 hieracosphinxes

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A mythical beast found in Egyptian sculpture and European heraldry, being a lion with the head of a falcon.

词源

Ancient Greek ἱεράκων (hierákōn, “hawk”) and Σφίγξ (Sphínx, “Sphinx”), from σφίγγω (sphíngō, “to squeeze”)

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