noun. A monster having the wings, claws, and head of a griffin and the body and hindquarters of a horse.

noun. A fabulous creature, like a griffin, but with hoofs and other parts resembling a horse, apparently invented, in imitation of Pegasus, by the romancers of the middle ages, and furnished to their heroes as a means of transportation through the air.

noun. A fabulous winged animal, half horse and half griffin.

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

"On closer scrutiny, we find that this creature, as fabled as the hippogriff, is just as uncertain as everyone else."

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