hippogriff
Meaning of hippogriff
noun
a mythical creature with the body of a horse and the wings and head of an eagle, born of the union of a male griffin and a filly.
mid 17th century: from French hippogriffe, from Italian ippogrifo, from Greek hippos ‘horse’ + Italian grifo ‘griffin’.
Information about hippogriff
- It is a name.
- The plural form of hippogriff is: hippogriffs.
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Hyphenation of hippogriff
hip-pogriff
- It consists of 2 syllables and 10 chars.
- hippogriff is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
Words that rhyme with hippogriff
Riff, riff, nontariff, overtariff, pretariff, protariff, retariff, tariff, dandriff, midriff, sheriff, subsheriff, tasheriff, undersheriff, unsheriff, xeriff, Griff, griff, triff
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