gryphon

British  

/ ˈɡrɪfən /

noun

1. a variant of griffin 1

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Example Sentences

Frank’s archers shot gryphons out of the air and caused chaos in the main body of the monster army across the chasm.

From Literature

They argue over who will get to ride the gryphon but Widget relents when Celia tells them the story of the nine-tailed fox just behind it, which suddenly sounds much more appealing.

From Literature

She stood outside the mullioned window, stroked the gryphon’s sleek feathered head, and suffered a pang of absurd envy.

From Literature

“Yeah, him too. But they were talking about Herodotus saying there were giant ants and gryphons guarding gold mines, and how he made this stuff up.”

From Literature

One newspaperman described the megalosaurus, the greatest of the “antediluvian monsters,” as a scaly dragon with the “head of a gryphon” and an “eye as big as a cheese-cake.”

From New York Times