Sphynx

sphynx English thumb|A Sphynx cat. Alternative forms en sphynx Pronunciation en /ˈsfɪŋks/ en en-us-sphinx.ogg US en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Sphynx.wav US en ɪŋks 1 Proper noun en Sphinx Egyptian statue. en 1852 C. P. Cranch The Palm Tree of Capri Dwight's Journal of Music 26 Where old Nile is everflowing, / And the Sphynx with heavy lids / Sits by ruins grim and sombre — / Onward to the Pyramids. Noun * es A domestic cat of a breed with little or no hair, a narrow long head, and webbed feet. en Joanne Mattern The Sphynx Cat 2001 Capstone https://books.google.com/books?id=QHNxp3oMHjcC&pg=PA7&dq=%22Sphynx%22&hl=en&cd=8&source=gbs_api#v=onepage&q=%22Sphynx%22&f=false 978-0-7368-0898-9 7 Sphynx cats are often called hairless cats. But Sphynx do have hair. Very short, fine hairs called down cover the Sphynx’s body. Translations cat Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 斯芬克斯貓 sīfēnkèsī māo, cmn 加拿大無毛貓 Jiānádà wúmáo māo Dutch: nl sphynx m, nl sfinx m French: fr Sphynx m German: de Sphynx f, de Sphinx f Italian: it gatto sphynx m, it sphynx m Japanese: ja スフィンクス sufinkusu Korean: ko 스핑크스 Portuguese: pt Sphynx m Russian: ru сфинкс m Further reading Sphynx cat Sphynx (cat) en Domestic cats