Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A heraldic monster, half dragon and half lion. It is the crest of the London Company of Barber Surgeons, and is perhaps used only in this instance.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Her.) An imaginary animal borne as a charge, having wings, an eagle's head, and a short tail; -- sometimes represented without wings.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun heraldry An
imaginary heraldic creature with aneagle 's head, a shorttail , and sometimeswings .
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Examples
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That sphinx rabbit has put me in the mood to make an opinicus out of buttercream and licorice allsorts.
Easter Wreck Round Up Jen 2009
frazz commented on the word opinicus
It can also mean the same as a griffin but with lions paws.
June 17, 2009