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Dictionary definition for: Sphinx

1. (n) an inscrutable person who keeps his thoughts and intentions secret

2. (n) (Greek mythology) a riddling winged monster with a woman''s head and breast on a lion''s body; daughter of Typhon

3. (n) one of a number of large stone statues with the body of a lion and the head of a man that were built by the ancient Egyptians

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