Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Resembling a sphinx or hawk-moth; of or pertaining to the Sphingidæ; sphingoid or sphiugiform.
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- adjective rare
Sphinx -like. - noun organic chemistry The
amino alcohol 2-amino-octadecanol CH3(CH2)15-CH(NH2)-CH2OH related tosphingosine
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- adjective resembling a sphinx
Etymologies
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From (the stem of) Latin sphinx + -ine.
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