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Meaning of "hieracosphinx" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD HIERACOSPHINX

From Greek hierax hawk + sphinx.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF HIERACOSPHINX

ˌhaɪəˈreɪkəʊˌsfɪŋks


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HIERACOSPHINX

noun
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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Hieracosphinx is a noun.
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WHAT DOES HIERACOSPHINX MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Hieracosphinx

The hieracosphinx is a mythical beast, a gryphon-like chimera found in Egyptian sculpture and European heraldry comprising a lion with the gryphon's aquiline head replaced by that of a falcon. The name was coined by Herodotus to the falcon-headed sphinxes that he saw in Egypt, the other being the ram-headed sphinx, which Herodotus called Criosphinx. The hieracosphinx is taken by some as an augury of the evil. ^ Gwynn-Jones, P. Ll. The Art of Heraldry : origins, symbols, designs, London : Parkgate, ISBN 1-85585-560-7...

Definition of hieracosphinx in the English dictionary

The definition of hieracosphinx in the dictionary is a hawk-headed sphinx.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HIERACOSPHINX

androsphinx · blinks · drinks · hijinks · hypopharynx · jinks · jinx · jynx · larynx · Lincs · links · lynx · methinks · minx · nasopharynx · oropharynx · pharynx · sphinx · Sphynx · syrinx

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HIERACOSPHINX

hieracium · hieracosphinges · hierarch · hierarchal · hierarchic · hierarchical · hierarchically · hierarchies · hierarchise · hierarchism · hierarchize · hierarchy · hieratic · hieratica · hieratical · hieratically · hierocracies · hierocracy · hierocrat · hierocratic

WORDS THAT END LIKE HIERACOSPHINX

bay lynx · Bronx · desert lynx · lanx · Manx · meninx · phalanx · phorminx · Polish lynx · quincunx · salpinx · thanx · the Bronx · the Sphinx

Synonyms and antonyms of hieracosphinx in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «hieracosphinx» into 25 languages

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हायरेकोस्फिन x
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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HIERACOSPHINX»

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Dictionary of Architecture and Building Construction
BC hieracosphinx (Mycenaean), Mediggo, Palestine, 13th cent. BC 2 3 4 5 6 EGYPTIAN SPHINXES 7 androsphinx: humanheaded sphinx Vatican Museum, Rome 8 androsphinx: humanheaded sphinx Amenemhet III, 12.dynasty, c.1800 BC 9 ...
Nikolas Davies, Erkki Jokiniemi, 2008
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Egyptian Legendary Creatures: Apep, Bennu, Ehi (Alexandrian ...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Source Wikipedia, 2013
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Egyptian Legendary Creatures, Including: Sphinx, Apep, ...
We believe books such as this represent a new and exciting lexicon in the sharing of human knowledge. This particular book is a collaboration focused on Egyptian legendary creatures.
Hephaestus Books, 2011
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Manners and customs of the ancient Egyptians: including ...
Hieracosphinx, iii. 24. v. 200. Hieraphori, iii. 349. I Hierasycaminon, iii. 403. iv. 313. I Hieratic byblus, iii. 146. Hieroglyphical carvings, iii. 86. ; iv. 256—259. Hieroglyphics, depth of, iii. 86. Hierogrammat, iii. 348, 349. v. 278. Hill of El Bersheh, iii.
Sir John Gardner Wilkinson, 1847
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A second series of the Manners and customs of the ancient ...
Hieracosphinx, iii. 24. v. 200. Hieraphori, iii. 349. Hierasycaminon, iii. 403. iv. 313 . Hieratic byblus, iii. 1 46. Hieroglyphics! carvings, iii. 86. ; iv. 256—259. Hieroglyphics, depth of, iii. 86. H ierogrammat, iii. 348, 349. v. 278. Hill of El Bersheh, iii.
Sir John Gardner Wilkinson, 1841
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A Second Series of the Manners and Customs of the Ancient ...
400. ; v. 4. 7. 178. 217. Herodotus, iii. 78.; iv. 169. 203.; v. 451. et alibi. Heron used at table, iii. 419. Hero or Heron of Alexandria, iii. 341. Hibiscus esculentus, iv. 62. Hieracon, City of Hawks, v. 208. Hieracosphinx, iii. 24. v. 200. Hieraphori, iii.
Sir John Gardner Wilkinson, 1841
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Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians Including Their ...
Besides the ordinary sphinx, compounded of a lion and a man, and denominated androsphinx, were the criosphinx, with the head of a ram, and the hieracosphinx, with the hawk's head and lion's body,-—all which are representatives of the ...
‎1842
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The Museum of Classical Antiquities: Being a Series of ...
... and the hieracosphinx Mentu or Mars. For the ram's head represented the soul of the universe, symbolized by Ammon ; the hawk's, the solar God Mentu ; the human, the king. The connexion of the lion with the solar myths is proved by the ...
Edward FALKENER, 1860
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The Monuments of Seti I: Epigraphic, Historical, and Art ...
... god,225 or even a personified rebus of his own prenomen.226 He may also appear as an androsphinx, criosphinx or hieracosphinx, often as a hypostasis of various deities.227 222 E.g., with Ramesses II as a cult figure (Habachi [1969], pls.
Peter James Brand, 2000
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Of Gods and Mortals: Mythological Wargame Rules
... Long Move, Rare (1) Giant Scorpion 74points Q3 C3 DesertWalk, Poison,Big Giant Crocodile 76 points Q3 C3 Armoured, Short Move, Amphibious, Big Sphinx, Humanheaded Winged Lion 96 points Q3 C3 Long Move, Flying Hieracosphinx,  ...
Andrea Sfiligoi, 2013

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HIERACOSPHINX»

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A Hieracosphinx, a Pteranodon, and some Su-Monsters? The only thing missing is an Ixitachitl! Wait… room 32. Nevermind. If you take out the ... «GeekDad, May 13»
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