Sphynx
See also: sphynx
English
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editSphynx
- Archaic form of Sphinx (“Egyptian statue”).
- 1852, C. P. Cranch, “The Palm Tree of Capri”, in Dwight's Journal of Music, page 26:
- Where old Nile is everflowing, / And the Sphynx with heavy lids / Sits by ruins grim and sombre — / Onward to the Pyramids.
Noun
editSphynx (plural Sphynx or Sphynxes)
- A domestic cat of a breed with little or no hair, a narrow long head, and webbed feet.
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Further reading
edit- Sphynx cat on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Category:Sphynx (cat) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
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