sphynx

/ˈsfɪŋks/

noun 3name 1

Collocations

ADJ.

hairless, heavy

VERB + SPHYNX

cover, everflowing

SPHYNX + NOUN

body, cats, hair, lids, s

PREP.

down, with

ADV.

often

name

Dated form of Sphinx (“Egyptian statue”).

Where old Nile is everflowing, / And the Sphynx with heavy lids / Sits by ruins grim and sombre — / Onward to the Pyramids.

noun

A domestic cat of a breed with little or no hair, a narrow long head, and webbed feet.

Sphynx cats are often called hairless cats. But Sphynx do have hair. Very short, fine hairs called down cover the Sphynx’s body.

noun

Dated form of sphinx (mythological creature).

Alternative letter-case form of Sphynx (breed of cat).

Where old Nile is everflowing, / And the Sphynx with heavy lids / Sits by ruins grim and sombre — / Onward to the Pyramids.

Wiktionary

Sphynx cats are often called hairless cats. But Sphynx do have hair. Very short, fine hairs called down cover the Sphynx’s body.

Wiktionary

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