hippogriff
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of hippogriff
1645–55; earlier hippogryph, Latinized < Italian ippogrifo. See hippo-, griffin 1
Example Sentences
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Throughout the ride, the students put their new traits to the test: confronting a hippogriff blocking the tracks, capturing runaway chocolate frogs and facing off a soul-sucking dementor.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
Still, if you don’t know a horcrux from a hippogriff, feel free to move along — “Beyond the Wand” should only be assigned reading for Hogwarts completists.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 15, 2022
Somewhat lesser known is the hippogriff, a part-equine, part-avian predator capable of galloping on the ground like a horse and then launching into the air to fly like an eagle.
From Scientific American ● Apr. 9, 2021
In “Cursed Child,” the key instrument is a Time-Turner, similar to the one Hermione used in “The Prisoner of Azkaban” to squeeze extra classes into her schedule and to save Hagrid’s imperiled hippogriff Buckbeak.
From New York Times ● Aug. 1, 2016
He patted the beak several times and the hippogriff closed its eyes lazily, as though enjoying it.
From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling
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