"Sphinx" is a word in ENGLISH
Any one of numerous species of large moths of the family
Sphingidae; -- called also hawk moth.
Hence: A person of enigmatical character and purposes,
especially in politics and diplomacy.
On Greek art and mythology, a she-monster, usually
represented as having the winged body of a lion, and the face and
breast of a young woman.
The Guinea, or sphinx, baboon (Cynocephalus sphinx).
In Egyptian art, an image of granite or porphyry, having a
human head, or the head of a ram or of a hawk, upon the wingless body
of a lion.
But when you choose your family, you get to choose how it is between you, too.
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"What do you do?" a young man asked the beautiful girl he was dancing with. "I'm a nurse." "I wish I could be ill and let you nurse me," he whispered in her ear. "That would be miraculous. I work on the maternity ward."
The art of training falcons or hawks to pursue and attack wild fowl or game.
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