Definition of Hippagriff

Definition of Hippagriff

Hip"po*griff (?), n. [F. hippogriffe; cf. It. ippogrifo. See Hippopotamus, Griffon.] (Myth.) A fabulous winged animal, half horse and half griffin. Milton.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

HIPPOGRIFF, n. An animal (now extinct) which was half horse and half
griffin. The griffin was itself a compound creature, half lion and
half eagle. The hippogriff was actually, therefore, a one-quarter
eagle, which is two dollars and fifty cents in gold. The study of
zoology is full of surprises.

- 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

a mythical beast, half griffin and half horse, supposedly the offspring of a griffin and a filly.

- The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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