sphinx

• ⇰ एक कल्पित जन्तु जिसका शरीर सिंह का सा और मुंह स्त्री का सा होता है.

• ⇰ स्फ़िंक्स
• ⇰ रहस्यमय व्यक्ति
• ⇰ नारसिंह मूर्ति
• ⇰ नरसिंही मूर्ति

• ⇰ In Egyptian art, an image of granite or porphyry, having a human head, or the head of a ram or of a hawk, upon the wingless body of a lion.
• ⇰ On Greek art and mythology, a she-monster, usually represented as having the winged body of a lion, and the face and breast of a young woman.
• ⇰ Hence: A person of enigmatical character and purposes, especially in politics and diplomacy.
• ⇰ Any one of numerous species of large moths of the family <fam>Sphingid&aelig;</fam>; -- called also hawk moth>. See also <cref>tomato worm</cref>.
• ⇰ The Guinea, or sphinx, baboon (<spn>Cynocephalus sphinx</spn>).