<p><strong>Noun:</strong></p><ul><li>(In ancient Egypt) a figure of an imaginary creature having the head of a man or an animal and the body of a lion</li><li>The colossal recumbent stone figure of this kind near the pyramids of Giza</li><li>(Classical Mythology) a monster, usually represented as having the head and breast of a woman, the body of a lion, and the wings of an eagle</li><li>A mysterious, inscrutable person or thing, especially one given to enigmatic questions or answers</li><li>Any similar monster</li></ul>