sphinx
noun15th century{ds||1|a|}
- a winged female monster in Greek mythology having a woman's head and a lion's body and noted for killing anyone unable to answer its riddle
- an enigmatic or mysterious person
- an ancient Egyptian image in the form of a recumbent lion having a man's head, a ram's head, or a hawk's head
hawk moth
noun1785
- any of a family (Sphingidae) of large, stout-bodied, swift-flying moths that are sometimes active during the day and have long, narrow, more or less pointed forewings, small hind wings, and a very long proboscis which at rest is kept coiled and are typically capable of hovering while feeding on the nectar of flowers —called also sphinx moth
sphinx moth
noun
sphinx moth
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1839
- hawk moth
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