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sphinx

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(nou) an inscrutable person who keeps his thoughts and intentions secret (nou) a riddling winged monster with a woman's head and breast on a lion's body; daughter of Typhon (nou) 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

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He becomes the ruler of Thebes after solving the riddle of the sphinx.

The petals bear spurs that attract the plant's pollinators, the sphinx moths.

Saying that a sphinx is a sphinx is not understanding what the influences are.

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