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sphinx
     n 1: an inscrutable person who keeps his thoughts and intentions
          secret
     2: (Greek mythology) a riddling winged monster with a woman's
        head and breast on a lion's body; daughter of Typhon
     3: one of a number of large stone statues with the body of a
        lion and the head of a man that were built by the ancient
        Egyptians
     [also: {sphinges} (pl)]

sphinges
     See {sphinx}