hippogriff

noun

hip·​po·​griff ˈhi-pə-ˌgrif 

: a legendary animal having the foreparts of a griffin and the body of a horse

Examples of hippogriff in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Other favorites include Luna Lovegood, the Weasley twins, Hedwig the owl and Buckbeak the hippogriff. — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 20 May 2026

Maybe no zombies, but hippogriffs, centaurs, giant snakes and large chunks of the entire world, which will need to be dramatically enhanced by VFX work each season. — Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2026

Retirement living as designed by Columbus could be described as Hogwarts for older adults, albeit with llamas rather than hippogriffs. — Yvonne Zipp, Christian Science Monitor, 22 Aug. 2025

Created through the union of a mare and a griffin, the hippogriff is part horse, part eagle, and, Ariosto announces, capable of flying to the moon. — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 11 June 2025

Buckbeak was one of the company’s most memorable creations, with a 90-strong team working for 15 months to deliver more than 80 hippogriff shots for Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 20 Nov. 2024

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. — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 25 June 2024

Word History

Etymology

French hippogriffe, from Italian ippogrifo, from ippo- (from Greek hippos horse) + grifo griffin, from Latin gryphus

First Known Use

1612, in the meaning defined above