Sphinx
A sphinx is a mythical creature with the head of a human, the body of a lion, and the wings of an eagle.
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Desert stone, worn smooth: the lion-bodied guardian of the dunes.
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Sphinx is a warm grey, close to beige.
It can be described as warm, muted, greyish and dusty.
Set in black, because black reads best on it.
Sphinx
Sphinx (search engine)
Sphinx is a fulltext search engine that provides text search functionality to client applications.
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Proper noun
- A taxonomic genus within the family Sphingidae – many species of moths.
Proper noun
- An ancient, large statue in Egypt, with the face of a man and the body of a lion, lying near the Great Pyramids.
- One of the many offspring of Typhon and Echidna, a winged lion-like creature with a woman's face, who dwelt near the city of Thebes in Boeotia and terrorized travelers by posing riddles, killing those who failed to answer correctly; after Oedipus solved her riddle, she committed suicide out of frustration.
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