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Definition of Sphinges
1. sphinx [n] - See also: sphinx
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sphinges
Literary usage of Sphinges
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Canadian Entomologist by Entomological Society of Canada (1863-1871), Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), Entomological Society of Ontario (1884)
"Dr. Harris thus speaks of them : " In the winged state the true sphinges are
known by the name of Humming-bird Moths, from the sound which they make in ..."
2. Bulletin of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences by Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences (1875)
"XVIII, Check Lisi of Norih American sphinges BY AR GROTE. | Read before this
Society, January 8, 1875.] sphinges Linn, restr. ..."
3. A Natural History of the British Lepidoptera: A Text-book for Students and by James William Tutt (1904)
"The antennas differ as in other sphinges, the 2 being without the long pocket-forming
hairs. In addition the $ antenna is shorter (cernir). ..."
4. The True Intellectual System of the Universe: Wherein All the Reason and by Ralph Cudworth, Thomas Birch (1837)
"Notwithstanding which, we acknowledge, that the same Clemens gives another
interpretation also of these sphinges, or conjecture concerning them, ..."
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