androsphinx
noun
a sphinx with the head of a man.
androsphinxes
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pluralof androsphinx.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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Long before this, however, androsphinxes and other combinations of the human and animal form had existed in Egypt.
From The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations by Zelia Nuttall
