criosphinx

noun

criosphinx

noun

Etymology Ancient Greek κριός (kriós, “ram”) + Σφίγξ (Sphínx, “Sphinx”), from σφίγγω (sphíngō, “to squeeze”)

1

A sphinx with the head of a ram.

Related terms
androsphinx, hieracosphinx

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