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n an inscrutable person who keeps his thoughts and intentions secret n (Greek mythology) a riddling winged monster with a woman's head and breast on a lion's body; daughter of Typhon n one of a number of large stone stat…

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  1. n an inscrutable person who keeps his thoughts and intentions secret n (Greek mythology) a riddling winged monster with a woman's head and breast on a lion's body; daughter of Typhon n 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