Definition for HIP'PO-GRIFF

HIP'PO-GRIFF, n. [Fr. hippogriffe, from Gr. ιππος, a horse, and γρυψ, a griffon.]

A fabulous animal or monster, half horse and half griffon; a winged horse, imagined by Ariosto. Johnson. Milton.

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