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androsphinx|ˈændrəʊsfɪŋks| [a. Gr. ἀνδρόσϕιγξ, f. ἀνδρο- male + Sphinx.] A man-sphinx; a sphinx whose human portion is male.
1607Topsell Four-footed Beasts (1673) 15 In the porch of Pallas..he placed such great colosses and Andro-sphinges that it was afterwards supposed he was buried therein. 1850J. Leitch Müller's Anc. Art §228 Sphinxes or androsphinxes are lions with human heads. |