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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)]