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Any moth of the family Sphingidae, of which there are numerous genera and species. They are large, handsome moths, which fly mostly at twilight and hover about flowers like a humming bird, sucking the honey by means of a long, slender proboscis. The larvae are large, hairless caterpillars ornamented with green and other bright colors, and often with a caudal spine. See Sphinx, also Tobacco worm, and Tomato worm.
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A muscle which surrounds, and by its contraction tends to close, a natural opening; as, the sphincter of the bladder.
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On Greek art and mythology, a she-monster, usually represented as having the winged body of a lion, and the face and breast of a young woman.
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The Guinea, or sphinx, baboon (Cynocephalus sphinx).
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A muscle which contracts or closes an orifice, or which compresses an organ; a sphincter.
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A sphinx.
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A West African baboon (Cynocephalus sphinx), allied to the chacma. Its color is generally chestnut, varying in tint.
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A sphinx with the head of a ram.
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The Brazilian porcupine (Cercolades, / Sphingurus, prehensiles), remarkable for its prehensile tail.
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See Sphygmometer.
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Hence: A person of enigmatical character and purposes, especially in politics and diplomacy.
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A man sphinx; a sphinx having the head of a man and the body of a lion.
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In Egyptian art, an image of granite or porphyry, having a human head, or the head of a ram or of a hawk, upon the wingless body of a lion.
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Any one of numerous species of large moths of the family Sphingidae; -- called also hawk moth.
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Inversion and prolapse of the mucous coat of the rectum, from relaxation of the sphincter, with more or less swelling; prolapsus ani.
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Of, pertaining to, or designating, a sphincter; as, a sphincter muscle.
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Of or pertaining to a sphinx, or the family Sphingidae.
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