MEANING
A legendary creature combining a lion's body with an eagle's head and wings.
Use it for
hybrid guardians; heraldic identity; winged predatorsCombine aerial reach with the weight and strength of a lion.
Words that belong together
- griffin's claws
- heraldic griffin
- nest of griffins
On the page
A griffin perched where the battlements met the cliff.
The merchant's seal showed two griffins guarding a cup.
She recognized a griffin's tracks beside the scattered feathers.
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Word forms
- Base
- griffin
Usage notes
Primary category: fantasy. Also spelled gryphon or griffon; a heraldic and mythic hybrid, not interchangeable with a horse-bodied hippogriff. Noun: griffin; plural griffins. Orthographic variants: gryphon/gryphons; griffon/griffons.
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