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n. - Winged monster with the head of an eagle and the body of a lion.

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  • The gryphon was a certainty; she considered other possibilities that the Hawkbrothers might bring.
  • And I ended, "The gryphon is the badge of the House of Ulm. Did I then see the Lord Kerovan to whom I am wed?"
  • "gryphon" when speaking of the sea-currents which drive ships from Malabar to Madagascar.
  • "Come along, my dear," she said to the female gryphon.
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