a fabulous creature

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• griffon — griffin, griffon, gryphon A griffin (also spelt many other ways, e.g. griffon and, e.g. by Lewis Carroll, gryphon) is ‘a fabulous creature with an eagle s head and wings and a lion s body’. A griffon is (1) a small dog like a terrier, and (2) a… …   Modern English usage

• gryphon — griffin, griffon, gryphon A griffin (also spelt many other ways, e.g. griffon and, e.g. by Lewis Carroll, gryphon) is ‘a fabulous creature with an eagle s head and wings and a lion s body’. A griffon is (1) a small dog like a terrier, and (2) a… …   Modern English usage

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• hippogriff — /hip euh grif /, n. a fabulous creature resembling a griffin but having the body and hind parts of a horse. Also, hippogryph. [1645 55; earlier hippogryph, Latinized < It ippogrifo. See HIPPO , GRIFFIN1] * * * ▪ legendary animal       a legendary …   Universalium

• chimera — noun /kaɪˈmɪɹə/ a) Chimera, or any fabulous creature with parts from different animals. b) A vain, foolish, or incongruous fancy, or creature of the imagination; as, the chimera of an author. Syn: ghost shark, ratfish, rabbitfish …   Wiktionary

• AR`GUS —    1) surnamed the All seeing, a fabulous creature with a hundred eyes, of which one half was always awake, appointed by Hera to watch over Io, but Hermes killed him after lulling him to sleep by the sound of his flute, whereupon Hera transferred …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

• monster — 1. noun 1) legendary sea monsters Syn: fabulous creature, mythical creature 2) her husband is a monster Syn: brute, fiend, beast, devil, demon, barbarian, savage, animal; informal swine, pig …   Thesaurus of popular words