Sphynx

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English

A Sphynx cat.

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsfɪŋks/
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  • Rhymes: -ɪŋks

Proper noun

Sphynx

  1. Dated form of Sphinx (“Egyptian statue”).
    • 1852, C. P. Cranch, “The Palm Tree of Capri”, in Dwight's Journal of Music, page 26:
      Where old Nile is everflowing, / And the Sphynx with heavy lids / Sits by ruins grim and sombre — / Onward to the Pyramids.

Noun

Sphynx (plural Sphynx or Sphynxes)

  1. A domestic cat of a breed with little or no hair, a narrow long head, and webbed feet.
    • 2001, Joanne Mattern, The Sphynx Cat, Capstone, →ISBN, page 7:
      Sphynx cats are often called hairless cats. But Sphynx do have hair. Very short, fine hairs called down cover the Sphynx’s body.

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