Usually means: Mythical creature with lion, eagle features.
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We found 32 dictionaries that define the word griffin:

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  1. Griffin, griffin: Merriam-Webster
  2. griffin: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. griffin: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. griffin: Collins English Dictionary
  5. griffin: Vocabulary.com
  6. Griffin, griffin: Wordnik
  7. griffin: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. Griffin, griffin: Wiktionary
  9. griffin: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. griffin (griffon or gryphon): The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. griffin: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Griffin, griffin: Dictionary.com
  13. Griffin (DC Comics), Griffin (Marvel Comics), Griffin (The Invisible Man), Griffin (comics), Griffin (disambiguation), Griffin (esports), Griffin (given name), Griffin (mascot), Griffin (missile), Griffin (ship), Griffin (surname), Griffin, The Griffin (fairy tale): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Griffin: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. griffin: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. griffin: Rhymezone
  17. Griffin: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. Griffin: E Cobham Brewer, The Reader's Handbook
  19. Griffin: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  20. griffin: FreeDictionary.org
  21. griffin: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. griffin: TheFreeDictionary.com
  23. griffin: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Art (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. griffin: Global Glossary
  2. An Illustrated Dictionary of Jewelry (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. griffin: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. GRIFFIN: Acronym Finder
  2. baby names list (No longer online)

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. griffin, griffin, griffin, griffin: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Griffin: Urban Dictionary

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noun:  A mythical beast having the body of a lion and the wings and head of an eagle.
noun:  A large vulture (Gyps fulvus) found in the mountainous parts of Southern Europe, North Africa, and Asia Minor, supposed to be the "eagle" of the Bible.
noun:  An English variety of apple.
noun:  (dated, India) A person who has just arrived from Europe.
noun:  A cadet newly arrived in British India: half English, half Indian.
noun:  A watchful guardian, especially a duenna in charge of a young woman.
noun:  An Irish surname, an anglicization of Ó Gríobhtha or Ó Grifín
noun:  A surname from Welsh [in turn originating as a patronymic].
noun:  A male given name from Welsh derived from Griffinus, a latinized form of Gruffudd.
noun:  A male given name from Cornish derived from Gryffyn, of relation to the Welsh name.
noun:  (rare) A female given name.
noun:  A place name:
noun:  A community of Saskatchewan, Canada.
noun:  The Rural Municipality of Griffin No. 66, a rural municipality in south-east Saskatchewan, which includes the community.
noun:  A place in the United States:
noun:  A township in Pope County, Arkansas.
noun:  A city, the county seat of Spalding County, Georgia, named for landowner Col. Lewis Lawrence Griffin.
noun:  A former settlement in Wabash Township, Clark County, Illinois.
noun:  A town in Bethel Township, Posey County, Indiana; named for postmaster Samuel Griffin.
noun:  An unincorporated community in Christian County, Missouri.
noun:  A suburb in the City of Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia; named for a family of early settlers.

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