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Griffon grif·fon

Spelling: [grif-uh n]

IPA: /ˈgrɪf ən/

Griffon is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 103 anagrams from letters in Griffon (ffginor).

Definitions for Griffon

noun

1. a vulture of the genus Gyps, especially G. fulvus, of southern Europe.
2. any of several varieties of the Brussels griffon differing from each other in coloration or in the texture of the coat. Compare Belgian griffon, Brabançon, Brussels griffon.
3. Also called wirehaired pointing griffon. one of a Dutch breed of medium-sized dogs having a coarse, steel-gray or grayish-white coat with chestnut markings, used for pointing and retrieving birds.
4. griffin1 .

Origin of Griffon

1350-1400; Middle English griffoun French; see griffin¹

Examples for Griffon

The resting-place of the griffon Vulture is always on some lofty spot.

Or have you the griffon vulture's wings that you may fly over mountains?

The griffon is endowed with wonderful strength of body and powers of flight.

It was to them what griffon or fire-breathing dragon might be to a Seville throng.

Of the outlandish monsters the griffon is the oldest and the chief.

La Salle's griffon was the first ship to sail its waters, 1679.

The third common vulture is the Himalayan griffon (Gyps himalayensis).

The nests of the griffon—albeit malodorous—are always cleanly.

The griffon Vulture is common now, and probably always has been.

griffon spoke German, and had a short colloquy with the officer about us.