HIPPOGRIFF


Meaning of HIPPOGRIFF in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ -ˌgrif ]

noun

Etymology: French hippogriffe, from Italian ippogrifo, from ippo- (from Greek hippos horse) + grifo griffin, from Latin gryphus

Date: circa 1656

: a legendary animal having the foreparts of a griffin and the body of a horse

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