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Definition of "gryphon" []

  • Variant of griffin. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "gryphon" in a sentence
  • "The gryphon was a certainty; she considered other possibilities that the Hawkbrothers might bring."
  • "And I ended, "The gryphon is the badge of the House of Ulm. Did I then see the Lord Kerovan to whom I am wed?""
  • ""gryphon" when speaking of the sea-currents which drive ships from Malabar to Madagascar."