"sphinxes" in the noun sense
1. sphinx
an inscrutable person who keeps his thoughts and intentions secret
2. Sphinx
Greek mythology) a riddling winged monster with a woman's head and breast on a lion's body daughter of Typhon
3. sphinx
one of a number of large stone statues with the body of a lion and the head of a man that were built by the ancient Egyptians
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