Definitionen
1.NounA creature with the head of a person and the body of an animal, commonly a lion.
2.NounA person who keeps their thoughts and intentions secret; an enigmatic or impassive person.
3.NounA mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx), formerly classified as a baboon, and called sphinx baboon.
4.NounA sphinx moth.
5.NounA sphincter.
6.VerbTo decorate with sphinxes."a marble sphinxed chimney-piece"
7.VerbTo adopt the posture of the Sphinx."A hot lion with a very bloated stomach … will adopt either a sphinxed or a squatting posture which takes some of the weight off its belly.; Several animals maintained either a crouched … or a sphinxing posture (abdomen on the floor)"
8.VerbTo be inscrutable, often through silence.
9.VerbTo behave in a manner characteristic of the Sphinx.