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スフィンクス — meaning in English

sufinkusu

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English meaning

  • sphinx noun A mythical creature with a human head and a lion's body, most famously the giant statue near Egypt's Great Pyramids.

Senses

スフィンクス is used for these senses in English:

  • Sphynx A domestic cat of a breed with little or no hair, a narrow long head, and webbed feet.
  • sphinx (mythology) A creature with the head of a person and the body of an animal, commonly a lion.

sphinx — full definition

  1. noun A mythical creature with a human head and a lion's body, most famously the giant statue near Egypt's Great Pyramids.
  2. noun Someone hard to read — a person who keeps their thoughts, feelings, or plans hidden.

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