Definition of "Sphynx"

Sphynx

/ˈsfɪŋks/

proper noun
1. Archaic form of Sphinx (“Egyptian statue”).
  Quotations
  Where old Nile is everflowing, / And the Sphynx with heavy lids / Sits by ruins grim and sombre — / Onward to the Pyramids.
  1852, C. P. Cranch, “The Palm Tree of Capri”, in Dwight's Journal of Music, page 26
noun
plural Sphynx or Sphynxes
1. A domestic cat of a breed with little or no hair, a narrow long head, and webbed feet.
  Quotations
  Sphynx cats are often called hairless cats. But Sphynx do have hair. Very short, fine hairs called down cover the Sphynx’s body.
  2001, Joanne Mattern, The Sphynx Cat, Capstone, page 7