Sphinges

2 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  sphinx
       n 1: an inscrutable person who keeps his thoughts and intentions
            secret
       2: (Greek mythology) a riddling winged monster with a woman's
          head and breast on a lion's body; daughter of Typhon
       3: one of a number of large stone statues with the body of a


          lion and the head of a man that were built by the ancient
          Egyptians
       [also: {sphinges} (pl)]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  sphinges
       See {sphinx}