Illustration of griffin
variants
or griffon
or less commonly gryphon
: a mythical animal typically having the head, forepart, and wings of an eagle and the body, hind legs, and tail of a lion
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As seen in the video above, Homelander's new animality, coming to the game as part of the Khaos Reigns expansion launching Tuesday, sees the supe transforming into a similarly red-white-and-blue-decked griffin that tears apart its victim before exploding them with laser vision.
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Nick Romano, EW.com, 23 Sep. 2024
There is plenty of snot in this book and plenty of things that smell bad, and the griffin, on first encounter, vomits all over Christopher.
—Kathryn Schulz, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2024
Painting of a griffin, a lion-raptor chimera, alongside the fossils of Protoceratops, a horned dinosaur.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 25 June 2024
By the Middle Ages, griffins were common figures in medieval iconography and in heraldry.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 25 June 2024
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Nick Romano, EW.com, 23 Sep. 2024
There is plenty of snot in this book and plenty of things that smell bad, and the griffin, on first encounter, vomits all over Christopher.
—Kathryn Schulz, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2024
Painting of a griffin, a lion-raptor chimera, alongside the fossils of Protoceratops, a horned dinosaur.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 25 June 2024
By the Middle Ages, griffins were common figures in medieval iconography and in heraldry.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 25 June 2024
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“Griffin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/griffin. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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Griffin
geographical name
Grif·fin
ˈgri-fən 
city south-southeast of Atlanta in west central Georgia population 23,643
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