Word Meanings - SPHINGID - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A sphinx.

Related words: (words related to SPHINGID)

• SPHINX
  Any one of numerous species of large moths of the family Sphingidæ; -- called also hawk moth. Note: The larva is a stout naked caterpillar which, when at rest, often assumes a position suggesting the Egyptian sphinx, whence the name. (more info)
• CRIOSPHINX
  A sphinx with the head of a ram.
• ANDROSPHINX
  A man sphinx; a sphinx having the head of a man and the body of a lion.