an|dro|sphinx

an|dro|sphinx
an|dro|sphinx «AN druh sfihngks», noun.
a sphinx having the head of a man, as distinguished from one with the head of a ram (criosphinx) or of a hawk (hieracosphinx), one of the three types of the ancient Egyptian sphinx.
[< Greek an, andrós man + English sphinx]

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