英语词汇griffin的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	griffin
词源	griffin. The griffin, half lion and half eagle, was an enormous aerial monster of antiquity that fed living humans to its young. It took its name from the Greek grypos, “hooked,” because of its large hooked beak. The griffin was known to the Sumerians, under the name chumbaba, as early as 3000 b.c.
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