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The ''' | The '''epimacus''' or '''opinicus''' is a fabulous beast that belongs to the family of griffins. | ||
==Description== | |||
A body and four legs like a lion, the head neck and wings of an eagle, and the short tail of a camel. Sometimes an opinicus is born without wings. | |||
Epimacus is also the name for a genus of highly ornate and brilliantly colored birds of Australia, allied to the birds of Paradise. | |||
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) | |||
[[category:Hybrids]] | |||
[[category:Fabulous beasts]] | |||
[[Category:Heraldic beasts]] | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
[[Griffin]] | [[Griffin]] | ||
Revision as of 22:23, 7 August 2007
The epimacus or opinicus is a fabulous beast that belongs to the family of griffins.
Description
A body and four legs like a lion, the head neck and wings of an eagle, and the short tail of a camel. Sometimes an opinicus is born without wings.
Epimacus is also the name for a genus of highly ornate and brilliantly colored birds of Australia, allied to the birds of Paradise.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)