hippogriff
noun
hip·po·griff
ˈhi-pə-ˌgrif 
: a legendary animal having the foreparts of a griffin and the body of a horse
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The hippogriff named Buckbeak in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is a related mythical creature, the product of a griffin and a mare.
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Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 25 June 2024
The Dreaming has two gates — one of horn and one of ivory, built from the bones of ancient gods that picked a fight with Dream eons ago — and is usually guarded by three gatekeepers: a wyvern, a griffin, and a hippogriff.
—Christian Holub, EW.com, 26 July 2022
In our hippogriff, the muscles of the back drive the upstroke, and the muscles of the chest power the downstroke, just as in living bats and long-extinct pterosaurs.
—Michael B. Habib, Scientific American, 17 Mar. 2021
Like these pterosaurs, our hippogriff (really a hippoptero) can use its wings as leaping limbs to execute takeoff.
—Michael B. Habib, Scientific American, 17 Mar. 2021
There are even flying machines, with all their attending complications; a few minutes into Sunday’s performance, when a hippogriff failed to appear on cue, tenor Zachary Wilder and soprano Emoke Baráth improvised to amuse the audience.
—Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 10 June 2019
But the resulting cinematic hippogriff is still extremely enjoyable because: a) people, cars, and things get eensy-weensy or ginormous in the middle of hectic yet balletic action sequences; and b) Paul Rudd.
—Ty Burr, BostonGlobe.com, 4 July 2018
But Rowling's intentions are surely much different than Hagrid's, who lived and entertained guests (and injured hippogriffs) in his little hut.
—Jamie Wiebe, House Beautiful, 17 Oct. 2014
Retinol is like the hippogriff of skin care. Respect it, and the world (of great skin) is your oyster.
—Rachel Nussbaum, Glamour, 13 Mar. 2018
Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 25 June 2024
The Dreaming has two gates — one of horn and one of ivory, built from the bones of ancient gods that picked a fight with Dream eons ago — and is usually guarded by three gatekeepers: a wyvern, a griffin, and a hippogriff.
—Christian Holub, EW.com, 26 July 2022
In our hippogriff, the muscles of the back drive the upstroke, and the muscles of the chest power the downstroke, just as in living bats and long-extinct pterosaurs.
—Michael B. Habib, Scientific American, 17 Mar. 2021
Like these pterosaurs, our hippogriff (really a hippoptero) can use its wings as leaping limbs to execute takeoff.
—Michael B. Habib, Scientific American, 17 Mar. 2021
There are even flying machines, with all their attending complications; a few minutes into Sunday’s performance, when a hippogriff failed to appear on cue, tenor Zachary Wilder and soprano Emoke Baráth improvised to amuse the audience.
—Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 10 June 2019
But the resulting cinematic hippogriff is still extremely enjoyable because: a) people, cars, and things get eensy-weensy or ginormous in the middle of hectic yet balletic action sequences; and b) Paul Rudd.
—Ty Burr, BostonGlobe.com, 4 July 2018
But Rowling's intentions are surely much different than Hagrid's, who lived and entertained guests (and injured hippogriffs) in his little hut.
—Jamie Wiebe, House Beautiful, 17 Oct. 2014
Retinol is like the hippogriff of skin care. Respect it, and the world (of great skin) is your oyster.
—Rachel Nussbaum, Glamour, 13 Mar. 2018
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