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sphinx
 
Noun sphinx has 3 senses
  1. sphinx - an inscrutable person who keeps his thoughts and intentions secret
    --1 is a kind of     person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, human, soul
  2. Sphinx - (Greek mythology) a riddling winged monster with a woman's head and breast on a lion's body; daughter of Typhon
    --2 is a kind of     mythical monster, mythical creature
  3. sphinx - 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
    --3 is a kind of     statue
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