单词	griffin
释义	griffingrif‧fin, gryphon /ˈɡrɪfən/ noun [countable] Word Origin WORD ORIGINgriffin Origin: 1200-1300 Old French grifon, from Latin gryphus, from Greek grypos ‘curved’ Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS And not just any old envelope, but a special luxury brand with a griffin watermark. In the felt and wooden ornaments we find the recurrent motif of the griffin. In the Silver Vessels Sanctuary at Knossos there was an ivory of a griffin biting a bull's leg. The griffin also had a lust for treasure and hoarded caches in lofty mountain caves. This was surmounted by a gilded griffin and bore a crudely painted canvas of hell's mouth. word sets WORD SETS► Mythology centaur, nounchimera, nounCyclops, noundeity, noundemigod, nounfaun, noungod, noungriffin, noungryphon, nounHades, nounlegend, nounlotus, nounmyth, nounmythic, adjectivemythical, adjectivenymph, nounoracle, nounsaga, nounsatyr, nounsphinx, nounwyvern, noun an imaginary animal that has a lion’s body and an eagle’s wings and head
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