Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An obsolete or archaic spelling of
griffin .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) The griffin vulture.
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- noun Alternative form of
griffin .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun winged monster with the head of an eagle and the body of a lion
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Examples
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The gryphon was a certainty; she considered other possibilities that the Hawkbrothers might bring.
Owlsight Lackey, Mercedes 1998
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And I ended, "The gryphon is the badge of the House of Ulm. Did I then see the Lord Kerovan to whom I am wed?"
The Crystal Gryphon Norton, Andre 1972
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"gryphon" when speaking of the sea-currents which drive ships from Malabar to Madagascar.
The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela Benjamin of Tudela
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Sigil: It would be a gryphon, a creature with the body of a lion and a head of an eagle.
Free Beer! The Stars of Game of Thrones Pick Their Sigil, Issue Royal Edicts 2011
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They drive all the way across the country, her and the sphinx and the gryphon and the mermaid.
Valentines, part the first mllelaurel 2009
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Sigil: It would be a gryphon, a creature with the body of a lion and a head of an eagle.
Free Beer! The Stars of Game of Thrones Pick Their Sigil, Issue Royal Edicts 2011
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"Galen," I acknowledged, approaching the gryphon slowly.
Valentines, part the first mllelaurel 2009
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Revisit the fortune-teller and the jewel-queens, Galen the gryphon and the muses at the end of the world, Shayara and Places You Haunt!
Come on a train trip with us! jenphalian 2009
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Feels like a flutter of wings in my mind, in my belly, in my hands, in my heart - and I know things, things about the way life used to be, campfire stories, the gryphon … she kisses me, and I feel like I know everything; I am dizzy and fair to bursting.
Valentines, part the first mllelaurel 2009
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A far-off gryphon in flight, by sweetevangeline. 4x5 acrylic painting.
Valentines, part the first mllelaurel 2009
milosrdenstvi commented on the word gryphon
A form I much prefer to griffin.
This also has the much-sought rare distinction of containing the three consecutive letters 'gry', though not ending with them.
August 19, 2008