Hippogriff

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hippogriff \Hip"po*griff\, n. [F. hippogriffe; cf. It.
     ippogrifo. See {Hippopotamus}, {Griffon}.] (Myth.)
     A fabulous winged animal, half horse and half griffin.
     --Milton.
     [1913 Webster]



From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:

  HIPPOGRIFF, n.  An animal (now extinct) which was half horse and half
  griffin.  The griffin was itself a compound creature, half lion and
  half eagle.  The hippogriff was actually, therefore, a one-quarter
  eagle, which is two dollars and fifty cents in gold.  The study of
  zoology is full of surprises.