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hip·po·griff

also hip·po·gryph (hĭp′ə-grĭf′)
n. Mythology
A monster having the wings, claws, and head of a griffin and the body and hindquarters of a horse.

[French hippogriffe, from Italian ippogrifo : Greek hippos, horse; see ekwo- in Indo-European roots + Italian grifo, griffin (from Latin grȳphus; see griffin).]
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hippogriff

(ˈhɪpəʊˌɡrɪf) or

hippogryph

n
(Classical Myth & Legend) a monster of Greek mythology with a griffin's head, wings, and claws and a horse's body
[C17: from Italian ippogrifo, from ippo- horse (from Greek hippos) + grifo griffin1]
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hip•po•griff

or hip•po•gryph

(ˈhɪp əˌgrɪf)

n.
a fabled creature resembling a griffin but having the body and hind parts of a horse.
[1645–55; Latinization of Italian ippogrifo. See hippo-, griffin]
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I do not wish to seem inelegant, but this unsightly whale looks much like an amputated sow; and, as for the narwhale, one glimpse at it is enough to amaze one, that in this nineteenth century such a hippogriff could be palmed for genuine upon any intelligent public of schoolboys.
Meanwhile, the tower trembled; he shrieked and gnashed his teeth, his red hair rose erect, his breast heaving like a bellows, his eye flashed flames, the monstrous bell neighed, panting, beneath him; and then it was no longer the great bell of Notre- Dame nor Quasimodo: it was a dream, a whirlwind, a tempest, dizziness mounted astride of noise; a spirit clinging to a flying crupper, a strange centaur, half man, half bell; a sort of horrible Astolphus, borne away upon a prodigious hippogriff of living bronze.
Oh, thou, my squire, pleasant companion in my prosperous and adverse fortunes, fix well in thy memory what thou shalt see me do here, so that thou mayest relate and report it to the sole cause of all," and so saying he dismounted from Rocinante, and in an instant relieved him of saddle and bridle, and giving him a slap on the croup, said, "He gives thee freedom who is bereft of it himself, oh steed as excellent in deed as thou art unfortunate in thy lot; begone where thou wilt, for thou bearest written on thy forehead that neither Astolfo's hippogriff, nor the famed Frontino that cost Bradamante so dear, could equal thee in speed."
Newt's love for magical creatures was nurtured early on since his mother bred hippogriffs.
Potterheads, it's time to get your diadems out as an Ealing pub is hosting a Harry Potter quiz evening that will test your knowledge of hexes and hippogriffs to the max.
Forgettable songs and an achingly bright colour scheme accompany Princess Twilight and her friends as they trot off to recruit the queen of the Hippogriffs. They need her help to free their land from the evil rule of the Storm King.
So Princess Twilight and her friends trot off to recruit the queen of the Hippogriffs to help free their kingdom.
This year's latest addition is the Forbidden Forest, whose giant trees are home to magical hippogriffs.
But she realizes that gryphons need to fly, unicorns are shy, hippogriffs scare everyone at the dog park, and a dragon is an awful lot of work.
This included wizard duels with spells that could disable the app, scavenger hunts for Hoxcruxes, and even searching for magical creatures like hippogriffs as well as dragons a la Pokemon.
Instead of seeing the Universal resort, your CGI view from the old-style eight-seater compartment is Harry Potter characters on broomsticks, Hogwarts itself, soaring hippogriffs, the Knight Bus, plus the M25 and London suburbs.
"I love dragons, unicorns, pegasi (plural for pegasus), hippogriffs, griffins, capaill uisce (even though they are box, and brush them once a week.
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