sphynx

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sphynx

also sphinx (sfĭngks)

n. pl. sphynx·es or sphynx also sphinx·es or sphinx

A domestic cat of a breed that is hairless or covered with a fine downy fur and was developed in Canada from kittens with a genetic mutation.

[Alteration of sphinx.]

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Sphynx

(sfɪŋks)

(Breeds) a breed of medium-sized hairless cat with large ears and a long whiplike tail

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The approach to this portico, from the Nile, was through an avenue two miles long, composed of sphynxes, statues, and obelisks, twenty, sixty, and a hundred feet in height.

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The sight of a character impaled on an old-fashioned bed of wooden stakes, nibbled at by screeching Sphynxes, is somehow revolting and reassuring all at once.