GRYPHON

gryphon, griffin, griffon

(noun) winged monster with the head of an eagle and the body of a lion

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

gryphon (plural gryphons)

Alternative form of griffin

Source: Wiktionary


Gryph"on, n. (Zoöl.)

Definition: The griffin vulture.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

9 June 2025

HERMAPHRODITE

(noun) one having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs; at birth an unambiguous assignment of male or female cannot be made


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Coffee Trivia

The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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