griffins in English

noun
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a mythical creature with the head and wings of an eagle and the body of a lion, typically depicted with pointed ears and with the eagle's legs taking the place of the forelegs.
A formidable creature half lion, half eagle, the griffin is said to be one thousand times stronger than any lion and five thousand times as farsighted as an eagle.
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1. Two fierce griffins guarded the entrance to the castle.

2. Atop Athena's helmet, between winged griffins, crouched an inscrutable sphinx.

3. In Rome's Forum of Trajan fragments from Architraval friezes with figurative motifs of seven different types have been discovered over the centuries: eagle-headed griffins and candelabra; eagle-headed griffins and tripods; eagle-headed griffins and cupids; lionheaded griffins, cupids and vases; cupids in acanthus; Victories killing bulls and dressing candelabra; sphinxes

4. In Rome's Forum of Trajan fragments from Architraval friezes with figurative motifs of seven different types have been discovered over the centuries: eagle-headed griffins and candelabra; eagle-headed griffins and tripods; eagle-headed griffins and cupids; lionheaded griffins, cupids and vases; cupids in acanthus; Victories killing bulls and dressing candelabra; sphinxes.

5. This “animal art” includes horses, eagles, falcons, cats, panthers, elk, deer, bird-griffins, and lion-griffins (mythological creatures having the winged or wingless body of one animal and the head of another).

6. She was using all her powers of persuasion to induce the Griffins to remain in Rollway.

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9. Shandy, on loan from Balaclava Agricultural College to a seminar in Wales on How to Contain the Giant Hogweed, travels backward in time with colleagues Daniel Stott and Timothy Ames--to the medieval era, replete with knights, castles, witches, griffins, prithees, mayhaps, and Belikes.